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Tale of Two States: Providing a Ray of Hope for Jharkhand’s Migrant Workers Stuck in Mumbai

Thu 4 Jun 2020

Life of a migrant worker is extremely hard. They venture out from their hometown and villages to metro cities solely for better livelihood options and sustaining their families. Md. Jahir Hawari one such migrant worker who came to Mumbai for better income options. Amidst the COVID19 lockdown, he was one of the lakhs of migrant workers stuck in the city. He came to the city in February 2020 from village Karma in Hazaribag district of Jharkhand. He worked at a hotel in Chembur and earned INR 9,500 per month, of which he used to spend INR 1000/- for his survival and rest he used to send to his family in the village. His family consists of his two brothers and their 5 children, parents, and his wife, and his four daughters.

ARIBA, The Wise Enabler is Helping Families with Ration

Mon 1 Jun 2020

12-year-old SK Ariba lives in the most vulnerable pocket called Kustiya, situated in Ward No. 65 of Borough VII of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The area has a strong, pungent smell because adjacent to it is one of the city's largest tanneries. The result of this is several health hazards like skin ailments and lung disease among the residents. The area lacks proper drainage systems, and these are no arrangement for water supplies. The residents of this area live amidst claustrophobic and dark interiors. Ariba lives here along with her parents. This young girl presently studying in the 5th grade in Park English Medium School has been elected as the Protection Minister of Save the Children's Child Cabinet of the Kustiya area.

A Tale of Two Sisters, Darkness in the Eye of Cyclone Amphan

Sat 30 May 2020

Amidst nation-wide lockdown 4 to prevent community spread of COVID-19, the coastal state of West Bengal is combating with another trauma caused due to super cyclone Amphan that had made its landfall on 20th May 2020. Despite forecast and early rescue and relocation of people to make-shift cyclone relief camps, a lot of lives were affected. A vast proportion of land has got flooded and embankments got washed out. The storm left millions homeless and the fear of losing livelihood is looming lar

Anoyara’s Exemplary Step to Help Her Community Amidst Nature’s Fury

Mon 25 May 2020

Anoyara Khatoon, the Nari Shakti awardee of 2017, is one of India's foremost child rights activists. She is working towards the betterment of the most marginalized communities of West Bengal, in the district of North 24 Parganas. Sandeshkhali, a region in North 24 Parganas is mostly surrounded by mangrove vegetation. People here struggle to ensure their livelihood and try to balance their life amidst various natural disasters, be it Aila, Bulbul, or the recently devastating super-cyclone Amphan.

Telephony is the Way Ahead to Reach Marginalized Communities

Thu 21 May 2020

In a bid to reach out to maximum children and communities during the ongoing COVID outbreak, Save the Children has adopted a Community Outreach Approach through tele-calling. Colleagues across state offices nominated and participated in the national level Training of Trainers (ToT) for this tele-calling approach. Further, this approach was piloted in various state through our Partner NGOs (PNGOs).