ঘন মেঘে ঢাকা এক দুপুর। বুড়িগোয়ালিনীর মাঠ তখনও রোদ পায়নি।ছেলেরা খেলছে মাঠে আর মাঠের এক পাশে চুপচাপ দাঁড়িয়ে আছে একটা কিশোরী।তার চোখ জোড়া যেন আগুনে ভরা—জ্বলছে কোনো অদেখা স্বপ্নে।কারো চোখে কৌতূহল বলে মনে হলেও তার চোখে ছিল অদম্য এক আকাঙ্ক্ষা।কিন্তু সেই স্বপ্নের পাশে দাঁড়ানো ছিল ভয় আর প্রতিবন্ধকতা।

এই মেয়েটির নাম শিবানি মুন্ডা।কেউ জানতো না,মাঠের ধারে দাঁড়িয়ে থাকা এই মেয়েটিই একদিন গোলপোস্টের নিচে দাঁড়িয়ে রক্ষা করবে তার পুরো দলকে।কেউ ভাবতেও পারেনি সমাজের নিয়ম ভেঙে একটা মেয়ে ফুটবল খেলবে।কিন্তু…

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I am Dhiraj from Rural Aid when he shared his story with me. When he was 14 years old, his uncle had asked him to adopt a girl child in the hospital, because there was no girl child in their family. But at that time, his uncle died in a car accident, then the nurse from the hospital called that there was a girl child, then they brought the girl, then Dhiraj bhai took care of the girl like a parent morning or night and raised her like his own daughter. Now the girl has grown up a lot and is…

Ganesh Mardi, a young man from the indigenous Santali tribe, was on his way to work one day when he saw a man bitten by a snake. Without thinking, he rushed to help him and took him to the hospital. Two days later, he went back to check on the man. If he had not taken the man to the hospital at that time, he would have died, so he was very happy to have saved a man's life.

This conversation took place during Salt, where Lebu and Purnima went.

(Photo courtesy: Purnima)…

After the ARC project started, our team began implementing SALT activities in villages from March onwards. Currently, we are working in the villages of Nandwal and Hirwade Khalasa. This month, due to Ramadan, field visits were slightly hindered. The organization and Ritu Nanda from GFC advised us to take care, which gave us some relief, and we continued our work.…