HIV/AIDS prevention initiative in India

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation designed a holistic HIV/AIDS prevention programme for six of Indian states with 83 percent of the country’s HIV infected population.   Avahan, an initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was implemented in 2003 with the aim of addressing the HIV/AIDS concern in India. Although the Government of Read More …

Children’s panchayat in Karnataka

The Concerned for Working Children, an NGO, is effectively leveraging the decentralised democratic set up of the country for children’s engagement, by creating several local children councils, known as makkala panchayats, in rural Karnataka. In Karnataka, following the Panchayati Raj local governance model, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), The Concerned for Working Children, has created several Read More …