Category: Rural Women
Lakhi Biswas and her story of happiness with Rainwater Harvesting Tank
‘’Since long back, I had to travel a long distance for collecting freshwater, despite my back pain and violated doctors advise –‘not to carry a loaded jar.’ This is due to the necessity of my family to bring fresh water. Every day it was my responsibility to bring at least 2 jars (10-12 litres/jar) of […]
Rahima’s Story of getting cured from avoidable blindness
Rahima’s most affectionate persons in the world are her grandchildren, however, started from the last couple of years, she was missing to find her grandchildren due to the gradual losing of her sights. At last stage of her visual impairments, she lost her sights and turned her life as almost blind. As Rahima-“I was just […]
Indian couple wins Alternative Nobel Prize
Krishnammal Jagannathan, 82, and her husband, Sankaralingam, 95, have spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of the deprived, especially the Dalits, the former untouchables, who form the lowest rung of India’s ancient caste ladder. The couple – named Wednesday among the recipients of the 2008 Right Livelihood Awards, often called the Alternative Nobel Prizes […]
The quantity of livestock I possess has come down significantly: Karuna Rani Sarker
“Previously, an area stretching out to about two to three bighas would yield an estimated amount of eight maunds of rice, now, my two bighas barely yield two and a half maunds”, says Karuna Rani Sarker, a resident of the Dumuria village, Phulbaria, Khulna. “I own eight cows along with 5 calves but the quantity […]
3,220 poor women get relief materials at Gaibandha
Ekota, a local humanitarian and voluntary organization, distributed relief materials among the poor of four unions of sadar upazila in Gaibandha on 27th September. The aid was given at a simple ceremony held at Ekota head office at Kumarpara under
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