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Menstrual dignity, orphan aid, palliative care: three Independence Day stories
Menstrual dignity, orphan aid, palliative care: three Independence Day stories
Deccan Chronicle's Independence Day feature profiles three social initiatives that work beyond grand gestures. Baala co-founders Soumya Dabriwal and Aradhana Rai Gupta train women as community leaders on menstrual health, enabling girls…
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Deccan Chronicle's Independence Day feature profiles three social initiatives that work beyond grand gestures. Baala co-founders Soumya Dabriwal and Aradhana Rai Gupta train women as community leaders on menstrual health, enabling girls to attend school and women to seek employment. Ashok Pujari's Children's Aadhar Foundation has helped over 6,000 orphans and street children since 2012 with education, shelter, and critical documentation like Aadhaar and PAN cards, a hurdle he says forces 90% of orphans into odd jobs.
Dr Prasad Kamal Kumar Shelkay of Dirghayu Hospital and Dr Drishti Singh of Nivaran Palliative Care Centre focus on ensuring dignity for those with life-limiting illnesses, supporting both patients and caregivers. The feature argues that service can be as simple as holding a hand until a person can walk on their own.
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Stories of small acts often invite the charge that they are mere drops in an ocean of need. Yet the numbers here, 6,000 orphans helped, girls staying in school, families supported through terminal illness, show tangible results that policy debates rarely capture. The real test for such initiatives is not whether they are grand enough, but whether they can scale without losing the personal touch that makes them effective. Will the government's GR for orphan documentation actually translate into access, or remain a paper promise?
Source: deccanchronicle.com
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