Protect Underserved Children From Ill Health
Let’s Protect Underserved Children From Ill Health

The physical, mental, and cognitive growth of a child depends on the availability of wholesome food and basic healthcare. To avoid long-term and irreversible ill-health, all children need to…

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Breaking the Language Barrier: Sikshasandhan’s Push for Educational Equity
Breaking the Language Barrier: Sikshasandhan’s Push for Educational Equity

Imagine how frustrating school would have been for you (as a native speaker of English and/or one of the many major languages of India) if your primary teachers had spoken only Latin? That may sound…

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Creating Change, Inspiring Changemakers: Sanlaap’s Work in Kolkata’s Red Light District
Creating Change, Inspiring Changemakers: Sanlaap’s Work in Kolkata’s Red Light District

Sixteen-year-old Zaheer (name changed) scarcely knew anything that resembled a normal childhood. Born in one of Kolkata’s several red light districts, circumstances had set Zaheer on a…

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A Star Rises in Madanpalle: My Visit with PORD
A Star Rises in Madanpalle: My Visit with PORD

It was late in the evening on a night this past October when my colleague and I visited Turkapalli village in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, where CRY America-supported project People’s Organization…

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Salem People Trust: Fighting Against the Extremes of Discrimination
Salem People Trust: Fighting Against the Extremes of Discrimination

Throughout vast regions of India, the endangerment of the girl child begins at her conception. Despite laws that forbid in-utero sex determination, sex-selective abortion (justifiably termed…

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