Blog: India

Kharibari Village, India

In Khairbari Paschim Dhura Village, there is not a single grocery shop, and people have to go 1 km away to get even a minor thing like a match box. For a long time, I have longed to see a shop in the village itself run by the local Khairbari people, but they were very skeptical to start one. I was constantly pursuing the women of Khairbari to start a shop, but they wouldn’t listen. 

Chandrapura Village, India

Transformational Community Development (TCD) Update

Water - People are using the hand pump we repaired last month to drink clean water.

Dhoker Jhara Village, India

We organised soccer and lots of other sports to gather people. More than 1,000 people gathered as a result, and we used the opportunity to promote Transformational Community Development (TCD) to surrounding villages.

Binodpur Village, India

Kharibari Village, India

Last month, I met two members of Grassmore Tea Estate Co-operative Society and told them about Transformational Community Development (TCD). This tea garden is going through a transition phase and is often forced to close due to non payment of wages. They are interested and want to start TCD in the tea garden. 

Jatapara Village, India

Agriculture

Chandrapura Village, India

Health Awareness

In Chandrapura Village, people were taught about using toilets regularly and keeping them clean. As a result, two families constructed a toilet and have started using it and they are keeping it clean, as well.

Kharibari Village, India

Binodpur Village, India

Greetings from Binodpur. I am glad to share a monthly update. Though it is the rainy season in India, the people in the village are doing really well in spite of it.

Jatapara Village, India

This month, we taught students the value of education, one of the five focusses of Transformational Community Development (TCD). Before, students only studied in school, and after school they would usually just play. At the training, the importance of self study after school was emphasised.  Now the students concentrate on studies after school, as well as play.