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    Ground Up

    Multimedia stories that provide an insight into how communities experience development at the grassroots.

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    Health & Well-being
    Who counsels the children’s counsellors in Shillong?
    by Samme Massar
    Location Icon East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya
    Environment
    photo
    In rural Mizoram, I struggle to stop my community from hunting
    by Pauzatuala
    Location Icon Champhai district, Mizoram
    Advocacy & Government
    photo
    Why villagers in West Jaintia Hills quit agriculture for MGNREGA
    by Mayfereen Ryntathiang
    Location Icon West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya ; East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya
    Health & Well-being
    photo
    Ladakh’s drying climate is causing a health crisis for women
    by Safeena Wani
    Location Icon Leh district, Ladakh
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    Agriculture
    Back to school
    by Anushka Sampriti Bora, Deep Jyoti Sonu Brahma
    Location Icon Golaghat district, Assam
    Livelihoods
    How caste biases can impact skilling programmes
    by Ajit Singh
    Location Icon Jodhpur district, Rajasthan
    Livelihoods
    The communal poultry farming model of rural Odisha
    by Saswatik Tripathy
    Location Icon Mayurbhanj district, Odisha
    Water & Sanitation
    Why a village community in Madhya Pradesh wanted to build a well
    by Anshu Gupta
    Location Icon Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh
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    Women standing in a circle in a brightly lit room holding hands--counsellors
    Health & Well-being
    Who counsels the children’s counsellors in Shillong?
    by Samme Massar
    Location Icon East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya
    a man shows his camera to two children--conservation
    Environment
    In rural Mizoram, I struggle to stop my community from hunting
    by Pauzatuala
    Location Icon Champhai district, Mizoram
    an unpaved lane, with a field to its right, leading up to a house in a Jaintia village in Meghalaya--MGNREGA
    Advocacy & Government
    Why villagers in West Jaintia Hills quit agriculture for MGNREGA
    by Mayfereen Ryntathiang
    Location Icon West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya ; East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya
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