Activity Reports

Urgent Relief and livelihood support to Affected Families Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national lockdown, employment, livelihoods and income of large sections of the people have got severely impacted across the… Read more

The Government declared nationwide lockdown to tackle coronavirus epidemic in March. This affected people of all strata. The daily wagers were hit hardest as they neither got work nor any relief from anywhere due to… Read more

This document presents the findings of a study conducted in June 2018 in 28 villages of Manikpur block of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh, to ascertain the following: The study was conducted as part of a… Read more

The study was conducted as part of a project being undertaken in the 28 villages by Akhil Bhartiya Samaj Sewa Sansthan (ABSSS), Chitrakoot, with support from ChildFund India (CFI), New Delhi. The 28 villages, like… Read more

People become vulnerable when they either lose their rights or don’t have them at all. In both cases it is vulnerability which remains the common force which renders them powerless and voiceless. Children of India… Read more

Bundelkhand is a cultural and agro-ecological region which includes several districts of southern Uttar Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh. The name is derived from the Bundela Kings who reigned here and the region has a… Read more

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), Mumbai, has embarked on a Bundelkhand Initiative to address poverty and inequity in the region through multi-sectoral civil society projects based on a clear strategy. The ABSSS Project, entitled Bundelkhand… Read more

Farmer indebtedness is one of the major problems in rural India. Caused by multiple factors, it has spiraling impacts: indebtedness aggravates poverty; depresses living status; diminishes chances of making investments for improving returns from agricultural… Read more

Even in India, where quality of school-education, particularly in rural primary schools, is low, school-education is expected to make a substantial contribution to the development of a child’s potential. At the least, school-education can give… Read more

Chitrakoot in UP Bundelkhand is one of the most backward districts of the state and the country. According to the Planning Atlas, Uttar Pradesh, 2006, which ranked districts of the state on 36 indicators of economic… Read more