From clearing waste on beaches to empowering women – the top Social Stories of the week
This week, SocialStory witnessed the efforts of individuals and NGOs in driving sustainability, empowerment, and providing clean-energy based livelihoods.
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SocialStory witnessed the work of Chennai s Bay of Life Surf School and Ocean Literacy that is spreading the message of conserving marine biodiversity.
Meanwhile, we also saw the efforts made by Mohammed Peer Banu, who has trained over 350 women as tailors to start their own business, encouraging them to become financially independent.
In fact, the Pollinate Group is also identifying women entrepreneurs, helping them sell clean-energy based products within their marginalised communities.
[Survivor Series] If anyone says that you can have a lot for nothing in return, it will cost you a lot
In this week s Survivor Series, Uttar Kumar tells us how he was trafficked at the age of 15, and has been counselling other survivors after his rescue.
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When I was 15 years old, my mother, two brothers, and I moved to Thiruvallur on the outskirts of Chennai from Ghantabahal Gaon in Odisha in search of work. We were living in poverty and had been promised jobs at a state-of-the-art modern brick kiln. The factory middle-men had promised us that our lives would change and that we would no longer have any money troubles.