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How to work in rural development: 10 lessons of a feisty volunteer
Amrita Ray Chaudhary, an entrepreneur, and professor serves me from the restaurant table- reflecting the same warmth and hospitality that she has received in the villages where she has worked for two years before Covid-19 hit and she was compelled to retr ... -
Bringing solar light to border villages
As India celebrates 75 years of independence this year, The Art of Living plans to celebrate with more service initiatives. Solar electrification of 13 border villages across India and 75 schools in Arunachal Pradesh is one of the key service initiatives ... -
5 times rural teachers and students fought the pandemic gloom with resilience
The education system has undergone a complete transformation during the pandemic. Online classes, open-book tests and empathetic teaching during a time when students were struggling with a gloomy reality. This Literacy Day, let us celebrate the spirit of ... -
Making water fluoride-free now a reality in Karbi Anglong
For 20 years, Dhoni Tokbe saw fluoride-contaminated water cripple fellow villagers in his village of Sarek Teron in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district. Affecting the young and old alike, the water has caused teeth loss, twisted ankles, and misshapen legs amon ... -
Beacon Gram Panchayat project
Overview In November 2017, the Department of Panchayati Raj, Government of Jharkhand, partnered with The Art of Living’s Vyakti Vikas Kendra India Trust- Youth Leadership Training Programme wing- for enhancing good governance parameters and ensuring soci ... -
How this lady is bringing communities together to fight against open-defecation and superstitions
The tribal community and the economically backward community in Jharkhand’s Khuchidih village had, for the first time, come together for an event. The occasion was a community-building and empowerment program. The communities that could not entertain the ... -
Kukui Village: A tale of transformation
Under Tundahali Panchayat of the Ormanjhi Block of Ranchi district in Jharkhand lies a quaint little village, Kukui. The census 2011, however, presented a bleak picture of this picturesque village. With a population of 404, the average sex ratio at 838 wa ... -
Skill Development and Training for Youth
Overview Location: Pan- India Duration: 2012- Present “I recently completed a 3-month course at the Electrician Centre. I have started getting many opportunities to work after doing this course. I learned a lot during the course in a very short span of ti ... -
Light a Home
Overview Location: Pan- India Duration: 2010- Present “We didn’t know there can be such bright light after sunset and all we can do is celebrate in joy. It is no less than a festival.” While a villager narrated this, a few young women were busy decorating ... -
Gram Panchayat with 90% addiction rate now bags award for de-addiction
Until 2016, addiction plagued the streets and homes of Lariapalli Panchayat, a group of nine villages and three hamlets in Odisha. Traditionally, the villagers produced and consumed country liquor. However, a simple tradition of having country liquor at c ...
