Stories of Change

Sangita Kumari

Sangita Kumari – Nalanda, Bihar

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ: ๐—” ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด Sangita Kumari is empowering women farmers through climate-resilient farming and sustainable practices. Trained in Women-Led Climate Resilient Farming (WCRF) by Swayam Shikshan

Dipali Jadhav

Dipali Jadhav – Dharashiv, Maharashtra

Dipaliโ€™s journey is a true example of women driving rural transformation! Swayam Shikshan Prayog’s Sakhi (village leader), Dipali Jadhav from Umara Village, Kallam Block, Dharashiv, has been recognized for her

Pritee Kumari

Pritee Kumari – Gaya, Bihar

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถโ€™๐˜€ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด In a small village of Shivlalbigha in Biharโ€™s Gaya district, Pritee Kumari faced numerous challenges. With a low

shalan-ubhe

Shalan Ubhe, Dharashiv, Maharashtra

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ: ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง’๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ Shalan Ubhe, from Bavi village in Dharashiv district, faced numerous challenges in supporting her family. With limited resources and only a fifth-grade education,

Jyoti Shinde

Jyoti Shinde, Latur, Maharashtra

Reviving Memories with Chemical-Free Harvests With winters around the corner, who doesn’t like the colourful carrots in their pantry or good bowl of gajar halwa made in desi ghee. In

Raihanath

๐‘๐š๐ข๐ก๐š๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ก, Wayanad, Kerala

๐€ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž-๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  Raihanath is an emerging leader from Kottathara, Wayanad, Kerala, in climate-resilient farming, exemplifying the power of sustainable practices. Initially focused on conventional farming methods,

Geetha Gopalan

๐†๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐š ๐†๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง, Wayanad, Kerala

๐€ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก Geetha Gopalan, a landless woman from Kallamvetty village in Kottathara, Wayanad, has redefined her life through sustainable farming. Once an agricultural laborer, she has

Indrabai-Anna-Sathe

Indrabai Anna Sathe, Jalna, Maharashtra

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐›๐š๐ข ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž: ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ Indrabai Anna Sathe, a determined homemaker from Javkheda Thombre village in Jalna, Maharashtra, has shown us that with resilience and the right support,

Shivkanya Prakash Ramfale

Shivkanya Ramphale, Jalna, Maharashtra

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ Shivkanya Ramphale is a young household from Hasanabad village in Jalna district, Maharashtra. Despite academic excellence, she often faced financial difficulties to

Mehga-Kelaskar

Megha Kelaskar, Wardha, Maharashtra

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Megha Kelaskarโ€™s story is one of transformationโ€”a journey that continues to inspire her local community. Megha lives in Dhanora, a small village in Maharashtraโ€™s Wardha district.

Onathi

Onathi Shankaran, Wayanad, Kerala

๐—•๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ Onathi Shankaran from Kottathara, Wayanad, Kerala is a woman whose passion for sustainable farming is transforming her family, her community, and

Jyoti Kale

Jyoti Chandrakant Kale, Latur, Maharashtra

From adversity to empowerment through compassionate support Jyoti Chandrakant Kale, from Shirala village in Latur district, Maharashtra, embarked on a transformative journey that highlights her resilience and dedication. Jyoti’s early