An army of 500 women of Baini Sena in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, conduct surveys, educate people on garbage segregation and collect user charges to ensure the gateway to the Kumaon hills remains clean.

An army of 500 women of Baini Sena in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, conduct surveys, educate people on garbage segregation and collect user charges to ensure the gateway to the Kumaon hills remains clean.

Sumi Das, a transgender, has founded a gurukul in Cooch Behar in West Bengal where the teachers and the non teaching staff are also from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Sumi Das, a transgender, has founded a gurukul in Cooch Behar in West Bengal where the teachers and the non teaching staff are also from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Ved Prakash Ojha took it upon himself to revamp the barely working anganwadi centre in his village in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, and transformed it into a ‘model anganwadi centre’

Ved Prakash Ojha took it upon himself to revamp the barely working anganwadi centre in his village in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, and transformed it into a ‘model anganwadi centre’

The government provides midday meals, uniforms and textbooks, but no notebooks that are crucial for proper learning and teaching to take place. A non-profit is trying to address this gap.

The government provides midday meals, uniforms and textbooks, but no notebooks that are crucial for proper learning and teaching to take place. A non-profit is trying to address this gap.

Abhishek Kumar Shukla allocates patches of land in his primary school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, where girl students grow vegetables which are then used in the mid-day meals.

Abhishek Kumar Shukla allocates patches of land in his primary school in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, where girl students grow vegetables which are then used in the mid-day meals.