Are you afraid of the dark? If so, you wouldn’t have liked living in the tiny hamlet of Piprahi in the Panna district of Madyha Pradesh. Cut off and excluded, the dalit villagers had been waiting to be connected to the electricity grid for 2 years but thanks to the work of PACS and partner EHA, a Village Watch Committee was established and supported to submit a an official complaint. Just days later they had light. Buoyed by their success, they’re not stopping there!
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Muskan, this little 8 year old girl in the snap appears all set to break into a dance if some music is put on. As one of my colleagues put it, smiles like this one can really take the stress off a very very busy day.
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Couple of weeks back, we had a young boy wheeled in. It was late evening, just after we finished our outpatient work.
One advice we give to village folk to prevent snake bite is to avoid sleeping on the floor and rather using a cot. I've even seen advice to use a mosquito net to prevent snakes from getting inside the cot.
