Rakhi recently represented World Vision India in the World Vision’s Regional conference under the theme: too young to marry. But in her village in Siliguri, she is known for all the wrong reasons. Rakhi has been verbally abused and ridiculed…
A story of loss and coping during the COVID pandemic
“If this corona was not there, then our father would be here with us right now”, says 14-year-old Sufian* with a soft and broken voice. Sufian lives in a small rented house in the community of Dharavi in Mumbai with…
Vaccinating a community against COVID-19
“We were afraid of taking the vaccine because the villagers said vaccinated people die in a couple of years,” said Sevaju, a 65-year-old daily wage labourer. In Dangs, Gujarat, Sevaju, and most of his community members were reluctant to…