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Where
the mind is without fear
The Bapu Trust for Research
on Mind and Discourse is striving to create a more
humane mental healthcare system through advocacy
and research |
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For
their tomorrows
Making a difference
to the lives of the people of India is the key motivation
for The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, which celebrates
75 years of dedication to nation-building activities.
Reports on the work done in various areas by SDTT:
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Ladakh:
coming out of the cold
In a unique initiative
funded by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, the people of
the remote region of Ladakh are taking their destiny
in their own hands as they participate in the planning
and development of their villages |
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Building
a new life
Nirman, an NGO supported
by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, is working to improve
the lot of construction workers in Mumbai and Navi
Mumbai through skill development, health and education
programmes |
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Giving
wing to young imaginations
Sutradhar, supported
by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, is making learning
fun for young children by integrating traditional
materials with innovative new teaching techniques |
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The
cycle of life
In the backward tribal
hamlets of Jharkhand, the Child In Need Institute
is working to nurture a healthier, happier new generation |
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A
feeling for healing
Funded by Tata trusts,
the Foundation for the Revitalisation of Local Health
Traditions is recording, examining and reviving
traditional medicinal practices, to preserve and
systematise India's indigenous medical knowledge
systems |
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Beyond
the bounds of gender
The Kutch Mahila Vikas
Sangathan (KMVS), with assistance from the Sir Dorabji
Tata Trust, is making the tribal women of Gujarat
the pilots of their own destiny with its empowerment
initiatives |
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Building
homes, building lives
Nine months after the
tsunami struck, TRC's reconstruction and rehabilitation
efforts are still going strong |
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Wave
of relief
Drawing on people and
resources from across the Group, the Tata Relief
Committee has been working overtime to help rehabilitate
those devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami |
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Cracking
the culture of silence
Anandi's endeavours
in rural Gujarat have given voice to marginalised
women, helping them demolish gender barriers and
build more meaningful lives |
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Hope
in the hills
The appropriately named
Atree has been working with the Soliga tribal community
to reverse the damage done to the ecologically fragile
BR Hills region near Mysore |
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Rekindling
the lamp of learning
The Bharat Gyan Vigyan
Samithi is back on track with its social transformation
crusade, a remarkable endeavour that has lifted
140 million Indians out of illiteracy |
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Spinning
success
Weaving cooperatives
in Andhra Pradesh have found a friend in Dastkar,
an organisation that is employing innovative marketing
strategies to reinvigorate the handloom heritage |
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Succour
for soldiers
The Tata Defence Welfare
Corpus, set up in the wake of the Kargil war, helps
Indian soldiers maimed in combat rebuild their lives,
thus repaying, in some small measure, the debt of
gratitude we owe our fighting men |
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Sight
to behold
The Tata Agricultural
and Rural Training Centre for the Blind does much
more than provide vocational training to sightless
students. It heals their spirit and instils in them
the vision to take on the world |
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Getting
out of the woods
Community forestry has
proven to be a powerful tool in the preservation
and regeneration of India's fast-diminishing forest
tracts. Thanks to backing from the Dorabji Tata
Trust, this concept now has an improved chance of
succeeding |
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Oasis
rising
Icrisat's 'small is
beautiful' approach and partnership methodology
have sown the seeds of agrarian renewal in many
semi-arid regions in India and elsewhere |
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The
pink of rural healthcare
Medical treatment used
to spell debt or death for the tribal communities
of Bilaspur district before the Jan Swasthya Sahyog
began bringing health and hope to the beleaguered |
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Closing
the learning chasm
A dedicated group of
educationists in Goa is helping children with learning
difficulties keep up with their peers in school
— and rediscover their self-esteem |
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Minstrel
in the mountains
The inequities inflicted
by poverty have placed a heavy burden on people
and land in the Himalayas. The Pan Himalayan Grassroots
Development Foundation has been working overtime
to lighten this load |
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Songs
of redemption
Prayas, an organisation
that works with under-trial prisoners and within
the criminal justice system, is bringing a bit of
sunshine into previously bleak lives |
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Giving
the good earth a chance
Rural Communes, a voluntary
organisation, has struck a chord with its bid to
turn the clock back on environmental disaster in
Maharashtra's Raigad district |
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We
shall overcome
Help, rather than handouts,
is the idea powering Saath Saath, an innovative
initiative that provides productive work to young
adults with disabilities |
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The
tais of Parinche
Semi-literate women
spreading the healthcare message — that's the
approach in an innovative project run by the Foundation
for Research in Community Health |
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From
rehab to rebirth
The Tata Relief Committee's
initiative to help those devastated by the Gujarat
earthquake is a shining example of altruism, partnership
and commitment |
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Sturdy
when wet
Water was a scarce commodity
in the Bhoire-Khurd village before a non-governmental
organisation supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
stepped in to save the day |
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Surviving
life
Support from the Sir
Dorabji Tata Trust and the JRD Tata Trust is helping
two institutions in Mumbai lend a caring hand to
the mentally disabled and the elderly |
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Of
moos and embryos
The BAIF Development
Research Foundation, with support from the Sir Dorabji
Tata Trust, is translating the message of rural
development into action |
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Communing
with nature
The Sir Dorabji Tata
Trust is supporting Rural Communes, a voluntary
organisation, in helping villages in Maharashtra's
Raigad district turn the clock back on environmental
disaster |
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A
Matter of Trust
A substantial part of
the profits of Tata Sons, the parent company of
the Tata Group, goes to the Tata trusts, which in
turn have established national institutions of research
and learning, and financed a host of projects. R.
M. Lala profiles the personalities behind some of
these trusts |
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