Shelter is more than a roof on one’s head: Building a toilet in Gauri ben’s home
Shelter is more than a roof on one’s [...]
Reconstruction of Seema Ben’s house: Better housing conditions instils a sense of relief
Reconstruction of Seema Ben’s house: Better housing conditions [...]
Home of our dreams: two women’s journey to building their homes
Home of our dreams: two women’s journey to [...]
Farida ben’s pathway to securing her livelihood and home
Rising from COVID 19: Farida ben’s pathway to [...]
One-woman army in Savda Ghevra
Like others who were relocated to the remotely located resettlement colony of Savda Ghevra, Sudhma struggled to build a permanent shelter for her family and seek basic infrastructure services like water, sanitation and electricity.
Improved infrastructure service delivery in Patna
The colossal drain in Nehru Nagar, Patna was full of garbage and had overflowed on multiple occasions causing a sanitation nuisance as well as accidents, including the death of a child who fell in it.
Drainage and Road Construction in Mubarakpur, Patna
Improper drainage systems and damaged roads in Mubarakpur lead to perpetual waterlogging, creating adverse conditions for working women. “What will change this time?” was a question, field mobiliser Pushpa was confronted with upon her arrival in Mubarakpur a few years ago.
Two for one: Strengthening land tenure Security in Patna
In November 2020, as the nation suffered from the pandemic and the economic shock, two blocks of Nehru Nagar, Patna received warnings of impending penalties if they continued to access electricity illegally.
A New Playground
Families living in lane number 200 of Jahangirpuri’s B Block had always stepped inside their homes with muddy shoes. Dirty water overflowing from clogged drains along the lane would meander down, making its way inside the homes of those living on the ground floor.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
B1 jhuggi (slum) was established around 1984 as part of Raghubir Nagar, which lies in West Delhi. For over 10 years now, the main road, on the corner of which B1 jhuggi is settled, has had streetlights. Over the years, these have been upgraded on multiple occasions, but they function erratically, leading to accidents, multiple cases of theft, as well as harassment.