UPMA Board Member Visits Education Centres
UPMA (Uttar Pradesh Mandal of America) Board Member Manju Mishra visited Bharat Mata Bal Abhyuday Centres in Patha area. She updated herself with the progress of poor forest-dweller tribal children…
Diversion-based Irrigation Brings Joy to 40 Adivasi Families
Forty Adivasi families in Sauryana village owning a total of around 75 acres of land were compelled to migrate regularly for their survival, as the lands they owned were entirely…
Nidhuwa’s Doms Get ‘Human’ Status, after Generations
For as long as they can remember, the 14 families belonging to the Dom caste in Nidhuwa village in Naraini block, Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, have been treated as less…
Vegetable Cultivation as an Alternative Source of Income for Small Farmers in Bundelkhand
Traditionally, Bundelkhand is not known as a major vegetable production region. Cultivation of vegetables for sale in market and generation of income has been restricted to a few locations, such…
A Valiant Struggle against Corruption
Many PACS Programme CSOs and community based organisations initiated under the programme have successfully battled corruption at different levels. One of the most challenging campaigns relates to corruption in a…
Chingari Sangathans at Crossroads
In February 2006 Banda district in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh witnessed an unprecedented event. Starting from Nahri gram panchayat in Naraini block, around 500 people, including around 80…