Stories of Change

Neelam Devi, Nalanda, Bihar

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž: ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ขโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ-๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ Neelam Devi is 45 years old and lives in Ben Bajar village of Nalanda district, Bihar. Married and part of a

Yogita Ghote, Nashik, Maharashtra

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐š ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐•๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ Kalmuste is a small tribal village in Nashik, surrounded by hills. Behind its beauty, women carried a silent struggle

Deepa Shinde, Dharashiv, Maharashtra

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ Deepa Shinde from Chorakhali village, Dharashiv, Maharashtra, transformed her small struggles into big changes for her family and community. Once a homemaker

Sangeeta Shinde, Latur, Maharashtra

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ-๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ In Hisori village of Latur, Maharashtra lives Sangeeta Shinde, a woman who turned her small home-based work into a sustainable, year-round livelihood. She lives

Mr. Wagh, Nashik, Maharashtra

A teacher at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Pulachiwadi Mr. Wagh, a teacher at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in Pulachiwadi village shared his experience after a new interactive

Manisha Ware, Dharashiv, Maharashtra

๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ In Chincholi village of Dharashiv, Maharashtra, Manisha Ware has built a steady livelihood with her small piece of land. After studying till the 10th

A group of 20 women farmers, Wayanad, Kerala

๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž: ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐š๐ In the green hills of Kottathara in Wayanad, Kerala, a group of 20 women farmers transformed over two acres

๐‹๐š๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ซ, Bidar, Karnataka

๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  Laxmi Biradar lives in Sonal village of Bidar district, Karnataka. She helps her husband run a small service centre in the village. Since Sonal is

Chandrakala Patil, Bidar, Karnataka

Building Strength through Multiple Livelihoods Chandrakala Patil, a 44-year-old woman farmer from Balur village in Bidar district, manages her home, farm, and small enterprises with equal dedication. A mother of

Mrs. Jyoti Satwa Lute, Nanded, Maharashtra

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐: ๐‰๐ฒ๐จ๐ญ๐ขโ€™๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ In Shevdi Bajirao village of Loha taluka, Nanded, lives Mrs. Jyoti Satwa Lute, a young mother expecting her second child. During the

A group of twenty women leaders, Wayanad, Kerala

๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง In Kottathara village of Wayanad, Kerala, a group of 20 women decided to take charge of their future through mushroom cultivation. Most

Chhaya Ingole, Dharashiv Maharashtra

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ: ๐‚๐ก๐ก๐š๐ฒ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž In Ganegaon village of Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, 35-year-old Chhaya Ingole once spent long days working as a farm labourer, struggling to

Tanuja Patil, Latur, Maharashtra

๐“๐šnu๐ฃ๐š’๐ฌ S๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ C๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž Running a dairy is not easy โ€” more so when it is led by women in a village where people doubt their ability. This is the

Jijabai Bavaskar, Jalna, Maharashtra

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ Sometimes, change begins with a single conversation. For Jijabai Bavaskar from Pipalgaon Renai village, Ambad block of Jalna district, Maharashtra, it was a chance talk with