Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Mr. Ilesh Raval (Incharge Specialist Educator, Prerana Sanastha Manthbudhi Balakoni Thalim Shala, expert on educational development of disabled children)

Water: Moviya village took advantage of a government scheme created by the District Rural Development Agency with the help of the Water and Sanitation Management Organization, which granted the village Rs. 48 crores. They were able to build a 45 lakh litre capacity water pump and a 20 lakh litre water tank.

Self Help Group: Abika SHG helps its members set up savings and loans so that they may set up various small scale businesses.

Water: With help from Sarda Jal Sanchay Yojana government scheme, Panchvada village members contributed 40% of funds to build 60 check dams. Under the Sector E-Form scheme, Narmada River water was supplied to them.

Sat Katha (Truth Tales)

Navi Kshitijo - Lakshmiben

The story of Navi Kshitijo, who had lost her entire family’s savings more than once through theft and con, perseveres and regains financial stability for her family by utilizing a savings account in a bank as well as making use of her mobile phone to help expand her business.

Director: Hridaynath Gharekhan
Chief Assistant Director: Dipika Goenka
Assistant Director: Vijay Rajput
Cameraperson: Ashish Prajapati
Editor: Jayesh Gadivi
Cast: Shilpa Thaker, Ratnabhai Rabari, Imtiaz Sheikh, Prakash Bhatia, Minaben Prajapati, Binaben Shah, Ninaben Shah, Dipikaben Patel, Jhanvi Patel, Chandranil, Devanshi

Tankshal

Mallika Sarabhai in conversation with Shri Bushan Punani (Executive Director, Blind People’s Association, expert on educational development of disabled people)

Special: Social welfare scheme for tribal and backward caste women for economic empowerment.

Sat Katha (Truth Tales)

Ranjanben Bhatt

This is the true story of a woman who has devoted her entire life to making dolls and how the dolls have become an integral part of her effort to propagate the social message of self-dependency and economic independence.

Director: Daxin Bajrange-Chhara
Cameraperson: Hemang Pathak
Editor: Nishit Jadawala
Cast: Bijal Vyas (Ranjanben), Tushar Kodekar (Press Reporter), Dinesh Bhatt (Grand Father), Kanta Bhatt (Grand Mother)

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Natubhai Barot (Director, Sarvangin Gramvikas Sanstha, expert on women’s financial self help groups)

Success Story: Ranjanben Thakker starting afresh after disaster.

Economic Empowerment: SEWA Bank helps women tied over financial need for domestic activities.

Health: The Manta Kit, for the safety of pregnant women, a project under Jilla Gram Panchayat Health Scheme.

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Minal Doshi (Managing Trustee, Setu Developmental Intervention Centre, expert in child psychology)

Success Story: Savita Chauhan and her tea store.

Economic Empower: A government scheme for adult literacy.

Success Story: Kashmira Patel, self taught dress designer with a mission.

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Brijpal Patel (Program Coordinator, Centre for Environment Education, expertise in water, community development, agriculture and livestock)

Water: How the villagers of Hingalla village collected Rs 7 lakhs and tied up with the Water and Sanitation Management Organization and ONGC to solve their water woes.

Economic Empowerment: The Mahila Seva Sahakara Bank loans money to women who have accounts with it to repair their homes.

Self Help Group: The Prayasgandhi SHG loans money to help its women set up grocery stores and little jewellery stores.

SAT PRABHAT

Good news story on a women’s dairy movement that is transforming rural Madhya Pradesh; power breakfast with Chef Khanna; celebrity morning with psychologist Ratna Bilwani; helpline on career counseling for courses in the polytechnics; tip of the day on raising issues using SMS's; phrase of the day CHALTA BALADNE AAR NA GHONCHAY (don’t curb a running horse)

SAT PRABHAT

Good news story on the Apsara Self Help Group in Kerala; power breakfast with Chef Khanna; celebrity morning with sculptor-writer Esther David; helpline on rural entrepreneurship; tip of the day on why not to be rude; word of the day UTSAL

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Kiran Desai (Field Officer, VIKSAT, expert in environment education and communication)

Water: The story of a partnership between the Water and Sanitation Management Organization and Fatehpur Village which brought water and smiles to the villagers.

Water: Dealing with saline water in a coastal village.

Success Story: How Pushpa Parmar turned her life around with an omelet stand.

SAT PRABHAT

Good news story on the women’s dairy at Fatehpura; heritage story on Hutheesing Temple; vox pop on whether children’s TV viewing should be scrutinized; helpline on career counseling for computers; tip on global warming initiatives; word of the day ULAT

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Indu Kapoor (Director, Centre for Health, Education Training and Nutrition Awareness, expert on women’s health education)

Health: Malaria awareness for pregnant women.

Water: Why safe drinking water is essential.

Success Story: How Rajeshwari Patel started her own small shop with a low cost loan from SEWA Bank.

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Nirali Shah (Founder, Shvaas, expert on community volunteerism)

Water: How the Vasna Cancer Hospital started harvesting water.

Self Help Group: The Rampuri Village Forest Committee working with VAKSAT has started protecting their forests while reaping the economic benefits of forest management.

Self Help Group: Jagruti SHG saved Rs 20,000, and used it as a down payment to get a government loan for 2 lakh to build a road into the village which has energized the village community.

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Nitaben Pandya (Director, Maldhari Rural Action Group, expert on animal husbandry education and development)

Water: How an institution like the Gujarat Vidyapeeth started water harvesting.

Economic Empowerment: To encourage inter-caste weddings the government gives the couple Rs 50,000 with proof of marriage

Self Help Group: Naganeshwari SHG in the village of Rupaji and how they have solved the problem of drinking water for their cattle.

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Nitaben Pandya (Director, Maldhari Rural Action Group, expert on animal husbandry education and development)

Water: The Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation starts water harvesting at its industrial sheds in Naroda.

Economic Empowerment: The Kunwarbainu Mameru Scheme to aid women with family incomes of less than Rs 11000 per year.

Self Help Group: The Sai Baba SHG is involved in dairy farming and manages to save Rs 15000 a year.

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Rimaben Nanavati (Director, Self Employed Women’s Association, expert in deforestation, market, banking, women’s employment and the Agariya community)

Special: Lakshmiben Dabhi took money from the SEWA bank to start vending vegetables. Today the husband and wife are both involved in this activity earning close to seven thousand rupees in a month.

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Digant Oza (Founder, Satyajit Trust, expert on water issues and concerns)

Economic Empowerment: A government scheme created by the District Rural Development Agency provides loans for animal husbandry to create self-employment amongst rural women who are all members of self help groups.

Water: Borianch village working with an NGO called BIAF solved their perennial water problem by sinking rechargeable wells fitted with pumps.

Success Story: The Jai Bhavani self help group has trained itself in embroidery and knitting and sells its wares in the village and at fairs. Each woman earns two to three thousand rupees a month and manages to save regularly

Tankshal

Aditi Desai in conversation with Mr. Vijaykumar Kaushal (Program Coordinator, VIKSAT, expert in natural resource management, livelihood and forestry within Gujarat)

Economic Empowerment: A government scheme created by the District Rural Development Agency with the help of other NGOs for rural women to help them become self-reliant by training them in frame embroidery work and helping them to acquire marketing skills.

Water: Khara Ghoda village had water related problems. Under a scheme by the Water and Sanitation Management Organization, the District Rural Development Agency working with SWATI, an NGO, in Dhargadhara Taluka, motivated villagers to start a water committee. Each family contributed Rs 200 to an overall scheme, totalling Rs. 1,95,000 that contributed to the Rs. 37 lakh project, and are now in control of and responsible for their own water supply.

Self Help Group: The self help group, Mira, has been trained to produce metal inlay work to augment their incomes as well as develop products and capacity by the District Rural Development Agency. Mira has been awarded Rs. 2.5 lakhs for the same.