http://southasia.oneworld.net Read stories of people's hope, courage and despair from urban and rural South Asia. daily 1 2008-09-26T06:30:00Z http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/eat-play-learn Sixty-days camps for tribal children in India's western state of Rajasthan offer education, food and sanitation to impoverished kids. No publisher Pamela Philipose South Asia India Malnutrition 2012-01-10T11:52:43Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/all-in-a-days-catch A livelihood project of six self-help groups in the eastern Indian state of Orissa has helped hundreds of women earn more by cultivating crabs for export. No publisher Candace Rose Rardon Gender India South Asia 2012-01-05T12:16:39Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/immunisation-push-results-in-polio-free-india Extensive vaccination drives and support from initially hostile Muslim clerics have helped to eradicate polio even from the worst affected city in India's eastern state of Uttar Pradesh. No publisher Jason Burke Polio India Disease South Asia 2012-01-03T10:49:38Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/lighting-up-on-solar-power An offshoot organisation of Grameen Bank is providing inexpensive solar lighting for Bangladesh’s villages with no electricity. No publisher Naimul Haq South Asia 2011-12-30T11:43:49Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/save-the-indian-anganwadi World’s largest community based Indian child development scheme is crumbling in the western state of Rajasthan with low enrolment of children and mothers, scarce infrastructure and non qualified staff. No publisher Rakesh Kumar India Health Children Malnutrition South Asia 2011-12-26T09:17:53Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/grassroots-innovations No publisher 2011-12-26T04:15:30Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/birth-pangs-in-indias-sunderbans Expectant mothers living in inaccessible island villages across the East Indian state of West Bengal are finally able to access community health centres for institutional deliveries. No publisher Saadia Azim Gender Health India South Asia 2011-12-21T11:00:03Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/water-plants-bring-prosperity-to-bangladeshi-women Poor women are trained to produce paper from water hyacinths and make them into Christmas decorations to be sold in the West. No publisher Syed Zain al-Mahmood Gender Poverty Bangladesh South Asia 2011-12-19T09:23:48Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/prawns-bring-profits-for-bangladeshi-farmers Rice farmers in flood-prone Bangladesh are finding solution to their climate problems by breeding crabs in their waterlogged fields thereby boosting their incomes. No publisher Nita Bhalla Fisheries Employment Bangladesh South Asia 2011-12-15T07:26:29Z Article http://southasia.oneworld.net/fromthegrassroots/women-turn-waste-into-wealth Women Self Help Groups in southern Indian state of Kerala are turning trash into cash to make Kovalam district a ‘zero-waste area’, with help from a local NGO. No publisher K.S. Harikrishnan Gender Waste India South Asia 2011-12-08T10:37:35Z Article