What has enabled women, in particular, and the community, in
general, to beat the odds related to maternal and child health in the
region is the village health atlas, a collaborative effort of the
local people, the Village Health and Sanitation Committee and
government health workers. The Atlas enables them to take appropriate
measures to enhance the health outcomes. (Credit: Sarada Lahangir\WFS)
Sunita Digal, 15, a Scheduled Caste girl from Rajikakhol
village, with her mother, Gelima. The older woman is really happy and
proud that her daughter is part of the Kishori Kalyan Samiti in the
village, an all-girl group that is helping teens to say no to child
marriage. (Credit: Sarada Lahangir\WFS)
Jasmin, 12, a Class Eight student, wants her elected
representative to provide safe drinking water near her Science Park
'basti' so that she doesn't have to stand in line for hours at a tap a
long distance away from her home and end up being late for her
classes. (Credit: Sarada LahangirWFS)
