Stories of change

Lavanya, a 39-year-old woman from Vanjinagaram, a small village in Melur Taluk of Madurai District, Tamil Nadu. This village, with 1,216 households, is nestled in the southern part of India and is...

Vasuki is a pregnant woman from the Sellur area. She was born and brought up in Madurai and got married to Muthu Sadaiyandi of Theni. Theni is a neighboring district of Madurai.

He was a farm hand once, working at the command of his landlord and making a living by serving his master. ‘When we were married, we didn’t have any land of our own,

I want to became a teacher says Ms.Harita. She is a member of Ten roses adolescent girls group member at Poonthamallinagar cluster in Sellur Vattara Kalanjiam.

It is rare to find a woman shoulder the responsibility of farming. It is usually the male counterpart who takes up the farm responsibility, but it is not so in the life of Kamatchi.

I am the neerkattis of the Chinnakachikunta tank of Marlapalle village, says a proud Anjeppa from a remote village called Marlapalle in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh,

Kalanjiam Milk Producer Company Limited (KMPCL) promoted by DHAN is a unique business initiative owned and managed by people themselves. Registered as a producer company,

Katchagudi tank in K.Kovilpatti village of Singampunari is the major source of irrigation for the 14 farmers under its ayacut area of 18 acres. All of them are small and marginal farmers

Vasanthikurubai is member of Selvalakshmi Kalanjiam in Krishnanpudur cluster in Salem. She have two daughter who are studying in 10th and 12th standard lives with

Sahin Banu is member of Kathambam Kalanjiam for the past 8 years. Born and brought up in Erode, she came to Salem, after marriage. She have two daughters who are studying.