STORIES OF CHANGE
Transforming Lives and Livelihoods

Transforming Lives and Livelihoods

It is a pleasure to present the first four editions of the collection of case stories from the HDFC Bank Parivartan project initiated with the support of the HDFC Bank CSR and implemented by the BAIF Institute…

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Plant breeder with a Story to tell

Plant breeder with a Story to tell

The first day of November 2022 brought good news for Mavanji Pawar from Chowk, Valvenda in Jawhar, Palghar district of Maharashtra. His true breeder “Kamal” non-scented variety of rice…

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Green Fodder to the Rescue

Green Fodder to the Rescue

Rasilaben Bheraji from Khedasan village in Sabarkantha district, enrolled for the Utthan project supported by McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd. With technical information on genetically improved…

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Wadi provides Hope

Wadi provides Hope

Yashwant, a resident of Shiroshi village in Jawhar, Palghar district and a father of two, inspite of owning 2 ha was forced to migrate to nearby cities of Palghar, Nashik and Mumbai. Realising that he could…

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Best Wadi Participant

Best Wadi Participant

Vinod Bhengra, a resident of Raidung village and a participant of the Wadi Programme funded under the NABARD – Tr i b a l Development Fund implemented at…

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Wadi inspires Others

Wadi inspires Others

Philips Hembrom from Barmanni village, Munger, struggled to support his large family comprising of his wife and five children from mining activity. He joined the wadi programme. His wadi comprises of mango, jackfruit…

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Organic farming for a better Future

Organic farming for a better Future

Yennaram Prameela is a sprightly 50-year old woman farmer from Machireddypally village of Sangareddy district who has been engaged in farming along with her husband since the age of 25…

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Adoption of Natural Farming

Adoption of Natural Farming

Farmers of Purimetlu village in Mundalamuru Mandal in Prakasam district including Umareddy Venkateswara Reddy, had never grown any crop other than tobacco and chilli due to low groundwater…

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The Winners

The Winners

Rajabai and Sonabai from Majhgawan block of Satna district received the First and Second Best Farmer prizes for establishment of wadi under the Tribal Development Fund of NABARD.

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Desert-based Livelihood

Desert-based Livelihood

Earlier, women in Lunkaransar block in the desert region of Bikaner had to travel 4-6 km every day in search of drinking water. To address this critical issue, two Tankas of 30,000 litres capacity each , were constructed under the ITC Mission Sunehra Kal Project. With this benefit…

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Role model in Pratapgarh

Role model in Pratapgarh

Krishna Gautam, a 35 year-old scheduled caste woman from Ashipur village in Pratapgarh district, started out as an Employment Guarantee Scheme worker. After enrolling at the Adult Literacy Centre operated by BAIF, she started teaching at an English medium school in…

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Empowering Self and Others

Empowering Self and Others

As a participant of the Prerna Project, Mangalagowri Akka learnt about improved agriculture practices, organic farming practices such as Integrated Nutrient Management, Integrated Pest Management and System of Rice Intensification Techniques. Prior to the...

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From Zero Income To Cent Per Cent Income

From Zero Income To Cent Per Cent Income

Vandana Chaudhari, a housewife from Junglepada ,Jawhar in Palghar district of Maharashtra,  started functioning as an eDost after being trained by BAIF in financial, e-governance and utility services.  Prior to the intervention, she was a housewife and dependent on...

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Success with Banana Crop

Success with Banana Crop

Dhirendrabhai Desai is a progressive farmer from Panetha village in Bharuch district of Gujarat and a beneficiary of the “Krishi Vigyan Kendra” (KVK) at Chaswad. Earlier, he used to cultivate banana crop using traditional methods of cultivation which used to yield one harvest…

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A Dream come True

A Dream come True

To improve the income and quality of life of families in the tribal belt of South Gujarat, 125 families in Kaprada block of Valsad district of Gujarat were identified for the dairy development programme with special focus on women, through the induction of crossbred...

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Subedar Yadav is a dairy farmer in Maudha village of Gazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, located on the border of Azamgarh district receiving cattle breeding services from BAIF’s Vizapur centre of Lalganj block in Azamgarh district. The livestock in this village is...

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From the Dark Shadows of Poverty

From the Dark Shadows of Poverty

I am Suresh Gopinath Khaire. During the worst drought in 1972, my parents migrated to Urulikanchan. After studying upto Standard V, I joined BAIF as a farm labourer and started learning about the benefits of crossbred cows…

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