Voices from the villages: Workshop notes organized by the Barh Mukti Abhiyan in 2008 to raise awareness about floods across North Bihar

01 Mar, 2009 . 1 min read

Barh Mukti Abhiyan organised a series of workshops in 2008 (before the unprecedented floods that occurred that year) to raise awareness of the issue and educate itself - Notes from the series

The workshop notes are a record of the actual ground level experiences, understandings/misunderstandings and conversations regarding the floods in North Bihar.

The attached files below are the set of the workshop notes. We welcome comments which will passed back to Barh Mukti Abhiyan.

Workshop notes:

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