Getting child brides back to school
Last week, young Sita from Kinwarli, Rajasthan, got beat up and thrown out of her husband’s house after she went against his wishes and took her 10th grade exam. Since her…more
India
Rural BOP Challenges in India and a Potential Solution
It is 2013. And India is frequently in the news, often for the wrong reasons, but sometimes for the right ones. In the overwhelming noise of what constitutes developing world…more
Educating Girls in India: Why it’s so difficult and what one NGO is doing about it
Quality, universal education is a fundamental right as well as a necessary component for achieving social and economic development in other spheres. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon noted that…more
Scratching the Surface: First Impressions in Mumbai
Mumbai is on the surface a seething mass of people and vehicles crushed into an improbably small and hot space. The heat of everyone forcing their way through the crowds…more
Three Trips to Washington
And one to Mumbai Three trips to Washington, DC, probably fifty phone calls, hold music ad nauseum, a letter to my congressman, and a snow storm and I am finally…more
Helping Heal the Earth
Six weeks into my new role as an iCat (Impact Catalyst) fellow with GreenOil in New Delhi, India and I think it is a good time to pen down some thoughts.…more
First Week In The Field
My name is Louise and I am the newly appointed Communications Associate at Educate Girls. I will be spending 2013 working as an iCats Fellow in India, promoting EG in…more
From Hollywood to Bollywood
My first three weeks in india have been adventurous to put it diplomatically. Paris feels like a lifetime ago. India is a place that consumes you, its one of those…more
Making An Impact When You Are One In A Billion
I have struggled for months to put into words how this time in India as an iCats fellow has made me feel, and today, I will try to express what…more
Watch a 3 minute video, help Operation ASHA treat 300 people with tuberculosis
Namaste from New Delhi! My name is Avani Parekh-Bhatt, I'm a 2012 iCats fellow from the United States, placed in New Delhi India in a wonderful organization called Operation ASHA.…more