Zeenat has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. She has defied all the prejudice and the cultural expectations that she will marry young and give up on education. She is almost there but she needs your help. Zeenat lives with her mother two sisters and one brother in Mallikpur a suburb near Kolkata. She comes…

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Akbar lives with his family in a small hut beside a sewage canal in Topsia Mazdoorpara He recently lost his father who was a ragpicker and was suffering from Tuberculosis. His mother is also a rag picker who has to look after the six children and struggling to meet ends. Akbar is in Class VIII…

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NurBanu, a 73 years old widow staying with her family of 5 living in a squatter settlement beside the railway tracks at Park Circus. She lives with her son Anwar, 47 years old and a waste picker earning approximately INR 3000 per month (US$ 36). His income has dipped after the installation of garbage compactors…

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Kamruddin,78, staying beside the sewage in Narkeldanga is an old and sick man. He has 3 members in his family. His son is an alcoholic and spend all his earnings in alcohol and doesn’t take care of the family. Kamruddin’s daughter Chandni does all the household work and also takes care of her father. Kamruddin’s…

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Nek, 42 years old is an enterprising woman at Topsia. She has a family of 7. All the members of the family live together beside the Topsia canal side (sewage). Her elder daughter got married 2 years ago. Now her elder son is working in a chappal factory and contribute a small amount to the…

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