Lessons from Practice
What is happening on the ground? Which organisations/individuals are working towards what ends? What have been their successes and challenges? A comprehensive insight from the practice of organisations is presented in this section. A collaboration between academics and practitioners has been most fruitful here as academics have ventured into the field and put into words their own lived experiences with those of the practitioners who have shared their efforts and learnings with complete trust in this collaboration.
-
Muktangan: A Community-Based Education Model for Public Schools
By Aruna Jyothi and Ira Joshi | Mar 29, 2024
Muktangan’s work is grounded in the principles of community participation in education. It strongly believes that members of the community must be mobilised to facilitate and sustain change.
-
Altruistic Provision of Education & Healthcare: Lok Biradari Prakalp, Hemalkasa, Maharashtra
By Santhakumar V, Rema Devi and Anant Gangola | Dec 13, 2023
It has been noted that Scheduled Tribe families with a literate head of the household have a significantly lesser chance of being below the poverty line. Similarly, even a few years of school education may enhance the chances of getting rural non-farm employment which has notably a higher wage than agricultural work.
-
NGOs as Intermediaries in the Provision of Public Services
By Santhakumar V and Rema Devi | May 11, 2023
In Gujarat, the line departments remain the nodal agencies for the implementation of almost all development and welfare schemes. This limits the local decision-making process and reiterates the dependence of local bodies on state and central governments for resources and programmes.
-
Ecological Assessment of a Biodiversity Park: Status and Future Challenges
By Kaustubh Rau and Monica Kaushik | Feb 7, 2023
The model of conservation of village commons shown by the Kunjer Gram Panchayat is easily replicable and can be replicated across the state. It is recommended that regular training programmes be offered by the District Administration where village officials from all districts in Rajasthan can be called to see the benefits associated with such conservation measures.
-
Creating Leaders from Poor and Marginalised Social Groups: Grassroots Leadership Development Programme, CORO, Mumbai (Part 2)
By Santhakumar V and S Das Antoni Arokianathan | Dec 13, 2022
Women need to understand the deep-rooted social beliefs that make them dependent on their husbands. They need to view education and employment as the main basis for their personal, financial and social security and then see marriage as a possible relationship between two equal human beings.
-
Creating Leaders from Poor and Marginalised Social Groups: Grassroots Leadership Development Programme, CORO, Mumbai (Part 1)
By Santhakumar V and S Das Antoni Arokianathan | Dec 1, 2022
Almost all the Fellows came not only from poor families and marginalised groups but also from difficult and/or disabling circumstances. Most of them encountered different forms of discrimination. Girls and women have faced sexual harassment and violence in their social context.