Each year, as new girls join the nationwide community of 171,000 girls under the wings of Project Nanhi Kali, drawstring bags in Nanhi Kali’s unmistakable canary-yellow soon arrive at their sides. Each bag and the six items packed inside it make up what we call a Nanhi Kali Kit: a carefully chosen set of schooling,… Continue reading The Nanhi Kali Kit: An Affirmation of Her Worth and Dignity
India is sitting on a goldmine of potential—its young people. With one of the largest youth populations in the world, the choices we make today in educating and preparing them will decide not just their futures, but the country’s economic and social trajectory for decades to come. But how do we inspire, equip, and prepare… Continue reading A Big Win for Naandi’s Job Factory in Tamil Nadu: MPC Awarded by Naan Mudhalvan
“6.4 million saplings transported up hills to remote tribal villages, distributed to farmers in customised species combinations, in just two months! How is that even possible!?” We hear that a lot. The sheer scale of our annual sapling drive comes as a surprise to many. And to be fair, it does sound near impossible! But… Continue reading The Journey of Over 6 Million Saplings: From Nurseries on the Banks of the Godavari up to Farmer Fields in the Eastern Ghats 250 km away
Naandi, and the 170,000 Nanhi Kalis we support each year, are very serious about sports. So serious, in fact, that we have a sports app – one we’re sure is the first of its kind in India, perhaps even the world. The story of how this app came to be is a beautiful, inspiring one,… Continue reading SportStar: A Wonder-Web-World for Women and Girls in Sports
India is home to one of the largest populations of young people in the world. This very vast demographic dividend—millions of individuals aged between 18 and 25—holds the potential to shape not just the economy, but the very nature of our society. But potential alone doesn’t fuel progress. To transform the promise of youth into… Continue reading Tools for Tomorrow: Reimagining Employability in a Changing World
If you think back to your biology lessons, you may remember being taught about photosynthesis as a chemical reaction with a specific formula to memorise. You may also remember not being encouraged to consider just how extraordinary this process really is. We encourage you to do that with us. Through the act of photosynthesis, plants perform one… Continue reading Why and How We Work in Agriculture: A Story of Soil, Science, and Regeneration
Naandi’s Sports for Life programme was launched in 2018 with the goal of unlocking the potential of Nanhi Kali girls across India by building a vibrant sports community just for them. Today, it is a community led by women, for women and young girls, and it makes sports and physical education accessible and genuinely enjoyable… Continue reading Bridging Continents: New Resources for Sports for Life, all the way from Italy
Subhasmita Nanda, a quiet and reserved woman from a humble village near Balasore, Odisha, harbored a dream: to forge an independent life and career beyond the familiar confines of her home and small town. She understood the inherent challenges of this ambition, particularly for women in Odisha, a state historically marked by low participation rate… Continue reading From Quiet Aspirant to Confident Recruiter: The Journey of Subhasmita Nanda, from Odisha
Across India—and in many other countries around the world—there is a collective wisdom which exists among women, most especially rural women. This is a deep, inherited wisdom, passed down through generations which concerns the many ways one can grow, prepare, and preserve food. If you’ve ever seen a woman walking through her farm, instinctively checking the moisture and smell of the soil… Continue reading Good Food Begins Here: Rural Women Cultivating Health and Hope
In the month of April, beneath the generous canopy of an age-old mango orchard, the 17th annual Gems of Araku ceremony took place. This picturesque location, familiar to and cherished by many Naandities who have visited and worked in the Araku region, provided a most fitting setting to celebrate the remarkable achievements of the region’s… Continue reading Gems of Araku: the 17th Annual Celebration of Farmers and Youth
