Entrepreneurship training opens new doors

“Fashion designing is one of the dream jobs I could ever think of. This course has given me the opportunity to know the preliminaries of fashion designing and helped me in shaping my entrepreneurship goals”, said Ms. Umi, a girl from a minority community and a beneficiary of the fashion designing course. “After attending this […]

Doctors at our doorstep

Kiran Niketan Social Centre, Zuarinagar organised a free General Medical health camp for the underprivileged and distressed migrants at Hanuman Mandir Math, a slum at the outskirts of Goa on 7 December 2021. This camp was held away from the centre of the city so that the people from the interior of the slum could […]

Partnership model to build youth collective to animate communities

Partnership model to build youth collective to animate communities “I am feeling very happy to partner with Indian Social Institute on Capacity Building of Youth from 2022-2024 as it is aimed towards building leadership among grassroot level youth”, said Alamelu, Rural Women Development Trust, Tamil Nadu. Sr. Shobha JMJ, Devar Hippargi, from Karnataka said, “I […]

Trained youth reached out to the needy

Trained youth reached out to the needy The people of Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh were devastated by floods in September, 2021. “We identified hundreds of flood affected families and provided them with drinking water, food kits, clothing and street lights, and also cleaned the drainage. People were extremely grateful to us”, said Ms. Sumalatha and […]

What a blessing and privilege to enter the portals of ISIB

What a blessing and privilege to enter the portals of ISIB Here dwell the peaceful persons whom God favours. I was warmly welcomed by a very dynamic director, Fr. Joseph Xavier SJ, a person full of affability, tranquillity, and spirituality. Fr. Joe along with the administrator, Fr. Francis Balaraj and other fathers and all staff […]

Handholding support led me back to school

Handholding support led me back to school Chandnahar, daughter of a construction worker, staying in Thubrahalli, a migrant’s tent Bengaluru shared her story. “My parents migrated to Delhi in search of work when I was in Class 7. I left my school and went with them. Then we migrated to Bangalore. My mother works as […]

Emotional support and guidance gave me new life

Emotional support and guidance gave me new life “I live in Sahakar Nagar migrant settlement. I hail from Assam. I work as a domestic worker and my husband as a waste picker. I have a five-year-old son. When my husband could not go to work for one month due to fever, I took him to […]