Category: Volunteer Journal
Welcome to Stories of Change — a collection of real journeys from Meri Pathshala, Bandhini, and SHE Matters. Here, children learn with confidence, women earn with dignity, and communities grow safer and stronger — one inspiring story at a time.
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Measuring Success, One Meal at a Time
Week 1: Baseline and Menu Orientation This cycle we selected two women for the new cloud kitchen batch. Asha, Class 7 education, mother of two, cooks daily for a family of six. Meera, studied till Class 5, recently moved to…
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From Home Cook to Entrepreneur
I work with the cloud kitchen group in Khanapur. It is just two women at a time so that we can train them properly. This month it is Sarita and Lekha. Both of them had never imagined they could earn…
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Lighting the Way to Independence
This year we piloted a home-based candle making batch with two women from the settlement, Rekha and Vaishali. Both had limited literacy, no previous work experience and very little confidence in handling heat-based or precision tasks. Candle making was selected…
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A Day at Shivganaga Vrudhashram: Finding Joy, Wisdom, and Connection Through Volunteering with ODSER
There is a quote by my favorite philosopher Albert Camus – ‘You cannot create experience, you must undergo it.’ And I have lived all my life in pursuit of such experiences where I could submit myself to the people around…
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A Cup of Chai and a Chance Encounter: How Meeting Farokh Ajoba Made My Sunday Meaningful
Just like any other Sunday, our local team had arrived at Shiv Ganga Vrudhashram when the manager informed us about a few new members added to the old age home. Excited to meet them, I entered the room where a…