Ever since the Companies Act, 2013, which mandates medium and large companies to contribute 2 percent of their profits towards corporate social responsibility (CSR), the...
On the Road to Change, with Oxfam
When Oxfam India ran the ‘Save our medicines campaign’, collecting signatories from people across India, the campaign was also taken to a significant audience from the rural...
We Connect Problems with Solutions
If only every problem in this world gets connected to the right solution at the right time, there wouldn’t have been so many unresolved problems...
Behaviour Change Communication through serials accessible on mobile phones
Behaviour Change Communication or BCC is a comprehensive communication strategy that distributes a tailored message across a targeted group or community to encourage safer and...
Using games to increase awareness on the problems with early child marriage
The unique feature about Mobile Vaani campaigns is that it can reach out to lakhs of rural families who are mostly illiterate and do not...
Community Media Spurs Collective Action
Ganesh Mahto was one of the many unregistered internal migrants in India who died under ‘unnatural circumstances’ in 2013. Except his story was picked up...
What is up with the water?
Jharkand, a state in northern India, has been facing rapidly reducing ground-water levels.
Understanding the reality of rural healthcare
Improving health in rural areas is a major point of concern in today’s development agenda. In India poor health availability is a striking problem with...
Our Theory of Change
At Gram Vaani, we believe in using appropriate technology and people driven processes to build participatory media networks that can empower communities.
