Sixty-five year old Annamma is the eldest among a group of women entrepreneurs in Pathanamthitta’s Thiruvalla who began producing handicrafts using bamboo. These products range from lampshades to hang...
The Surda Copper Mine in Musabani in Jharkhand shut down leaving many stranded. First, Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) stopped operations in early 2000s, then a private company (who took the reins in 2...
For tiger widows, Sabitri Bauliya and Sanoka Singh in Sunderbans Kumirmari village, Oxfam India’s aid in the form of dry ration was god sent. “In the past, we have received food items and other help f...
Rajeshwari, 50, shifted from her village in Chhapra in Bihar to Kapashera in Delhi, 15 years ago. The reason was simple. Her husband, an abusive alcoholic, wouldn’t find work in the village and, as a ...
Ram Bihari Ravidas is a cobbler in Rampur village in Bihar's Nalanda district. The first time we met him, he was in the middle of some serious negotiation with a customer on a very hot day. While the ...
The pandemic and ensuing lockdowns left millions without any source of income and rapidly depleting resources. Oxfam India has been responding to the COVID-19 crisis across 16 states. Under Mission Sa...
