Pashu Sakhi initiative empowers rural women as para-vets, improving livestock health, boosting incomes, and strengthening climate-resilient rural livelihoods.
A Better Tomorrow
Stories, Practices, and Solutions
The Rabi Jal Pehal project brought trained Pashusakhis to Agarbatti’s doorstep, offering affordable livestock care and practical guidance.
This International Day of Rural Women, we celebrate the strength, vision, and commitment to nurturing life in every form of rural women in India.
Pinky’s journey is one of resilience, hope, and transformation – proof that with the right support and determination, even the most daunting challenges can lead to a brighter tomorrow.
It is not an easy job, and often comes with unique challenges, but the women have earned the faith of their community through their effort and dedication.
Alma Xalxo, 26, is a Wasundhara Sevika, or Community Resource Person (CRP) with WOTR, acting as a bridge between the organisation and the people in villages.
The environmental work of rural women is a vital form of leadership that deserves recognition in policy, planning, and global climate discussions.
The Drinking Water Project brought safe drinking water closer to home to 305 households in Chhattisgarh’s Koriya district.
As we celebrate Women’s Day throughout March, we’re honored to share inspiring stories of women who embody grit, resilience, and determination.
With every shared pot of water, with every community meeting, with every onion harvested, Chaaya weaves a future for Mendhwan where water is a source of life, not a struggle for it.
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Exploring sustainable farming, social inequality, and policy failures, urging humility and community-led solutions in agriculture and development sector with Dr Divya Veluguri.
Innovation once drove survival and growth. Now, amid climate stress and inequality, it must shift toward impact, resilience, and long-term sustainability.
WOTR’s Annual Report 2024-25, Roots & Resilience, highlights rural resilience through science, technology, and tradition.
Across India, disasters are no longer singular events but a polycrisis—where climate extremes, ecological degradation, water stress, and livelihood insecurity interact and amplify one another
When we mix weather,climate and climate change terms together, it can lead to confusion about what actually caused an event, who is responsible, and what actions are most effective
Explore WOTR’s 13-year journey across villages in Odisha, reaching over one lakh people through community-led watershed and livelihood interventions.
The Global South is being asked to shoulder the world’s nature and climate ambitions while global finance continues to move decisively in the opposite direction.
Read a collection blogs which brings together five stories from WOTR’s blog, shaped by the everyday lives, struggles, and choices of people in rural India. Told from the ground up, these pieces reflect moments of resilience, learning, and collective effort around water, livelihoods, and social change.