Aneesha Menon

Aneesha Menon
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Rajasthan - A visit to a WASH school
This article describes the author's experience of visiting a school in a rural area in India
Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 07:14 PM

As usual we were divided into various groups and sent to schools to educate the students about sanitation and hygiene,which included talking about open defection, hand washing and menstrual hygiene management.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Indore - An enriching experience
The The Nirmal Bharat Yatra (The Great WASH Yatra) at Indore
Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 01:43 AM

Our stay in Indore was for ten days but I personally didn’t get bored because there was so much to do. Whenever we got the time, we ran to Indore City which had a lot of amazing things to do.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra -Stop 2 - Teaching the teachers at Indore, Madhya Pradesh
“A teacher affects eternity- He can never tell where his influence stops.” - Henry Adams
Posted on 12 Oct, 2012 10:22 PM

Teachers play a major role in the development of our society. They inspire, motivate and pass on knowledge. To gain knowledge they go for various trainings. It’s very difficult to find teachers who know that there is a place for tradition but there is also a place for new ways, new ideas, new systems, and new approaches. But the teachers in Indore proved us wrong.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - A different mindset, a different thought - The story of Goonj
This is the story of Goonj, an NGO that started Vastra Samman meaning providing clothes to needy people with dignity
Posted on 06 Oct, 2012 12:57 AM

The basic facilities that the government promises is food, shelter and clothing; but so many a times in the midst of fulfilling the food and shelter criteria, they forget about the clothing aspect which actually is one of the most important of them all.  But one such NGO realized it’s importance and took it in their hands to ensure that this aspect was taken care of.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - Breaking the Menstrual Taboo in rural Maharashtra
For over decades, there has been this taboo towards menstruation that it’s unclean, dirty or even treated as something that is embarrassing
Posted on 02 Oct, 2012 10:46 PM

Women in India are treated as untouchables or even worse during their menstrual cycle. Have we ever stopped to think why we let this happen? Why are we constantly victimizing women when this is a routine procedure that women go through to complete their womanhood?

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