Breaking Taboos on Menstruation

  On a cold winter morning, a daughter observes her mother splash buckets of cold water on the floor of the bedroom and sweeping the remnants of ‘impurity’. This ritual occurred every month and the sight of her mother cleaning the floor on which she would sleep during her menstruating days has left a deep impact…

It Takes A Village to Raise a Child

Seven years ago, Ransai Basumatary’s parents were worried for his education and future. Since he was a kid, Ransai has been interested in studies, but due to lack of proper schools in his village No. 4 Sonapur, Kuklung, Chirang, he was slowly losing interest and focus in his studies. No. 4 Sonapur village is a…

Child Abuse At Home?

Enakshi Dutta, Director of IDeA, currently based in Guwahati. She has studied finance and management, she has done several assignments with state, national and international NGO’s, business enterprises, and Government Departments. And been a Guest Faculty with Academic and Research Institutes. She strives to support organizations and social entrepreneurs to develop, sustain and promote peoples…

NGO Consultations on the CSR Law

  IDeA hosted a CSR consultancy meet in its office on 28th February, 2019; facilitated representatives from Samhita Social Venture, Mumbai. Representatives from organizations working on diverse issues in the NE regions participated in the meet. A total number of 18 people were present in the meet including IDeA team. Samhita is a social enterprise…

Uncovering Truths – Ek Madhav Baug

The following article was written by Abhijit Ghosh, IDeA – Development Associate and published in The Assam Tribune on 17th September 2019. On September 8 this year, Guwahatians celebrated the first anniversary of the reading down of Sec 377 by the Supreme Court on September 6, 2018, with an expressive reading of the play Ek…

PUBLIC HEALTH & CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Dr. Sunil Kaul, Founder Trustee who is currently the Managing Trustee and also CEO is based in the ant’s campus in Rowmari. A public health doctor who has consulted on malaria, T.B , Maternal and Child Health and other public health issues with national & international agencies; has over 10 years experience in the Army…

8 Months & Several Toffees

Perhaps it was during one of the many reading sessions that Anjali first realised that there were students in Ranisundari LP School who couldn’t identify letters or numbers. The number soared to 33 covering 2nd to 5th standards. Most of the children being first generation learners, their parents had little or no experience in supporting…