Now you see it, now you don’t…….the game continued through out the two hour ride between my brother and me. The year was 1979- we were onboard a ferry plying from Kamalabari in Majuli to Nimati Ghat - on either side of the Brahmaputra while on a visit to Jorhat from Itanagar- the newly formed…
Even as delayed monsoons and subsequent floods hit Assam, over 2 lakh flood vulnerable people living in the saporis or river islands of the Brahmaputra have been covered with sustained health care for the first time in their lives by the “Boat Clinics” of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES)- National…
The arrival of "AKHA" -- mobile boat clinic – brings hope to thousands of people living on the secluded islands in the majestic Brahmaputra in Assam.
Mobile boat clinics provide healthcare in 3,000 villages when Brahmaputra is in spate
Floodwaters ravage the remote island of Lamba Sapori in Assam’s Dhemaji district as the monsoons rage. Trapped in their water logged home, Punyadhar and Oipuli Morang are in dire distress. Their two-year child has had an acute asthmatic attack. There is little they can do but hope. Time ticks off, each moment’s breath a greater…
Last fortnight a dominant image on TV screens was drought. This fortnight, vast parts of the country drowned in water. An uncertain, unpredictable and variable monsoon is still impacting us. Late rain has delayed or jeopardized sowing; or intense rain has thrown life asunder and flowed away rapidly, creating months of (future) scarcity. Regional variations…
An orientation meet on Community Radio Station (CRS) was held at Dibrugarh from 15th to 17th July 2009 for C-NES’ upcoming Unicef supported project of setting up of a Community Radio Station (CRS) in Dibrugarh. The meeting was attended by 9 C-NES staff including Sanjay Sarma, Associate Program Manager, Manik Boruah, Assistant Programme Manager, Bhaswati…
An annual review meeting of C-NES’ flagship health program was held at Guwahati on 16th and 17th June 2009, attended by 35 C-NES staff including members of the Programme Management Unit (PMU) and Boat Clinics from 10 districts where the National Rural Health Mission-C-NES project to take health services to the unreached communities on the…
Supported by Knight and MacArthur Foundations, the Delhi-based multimedia journalism center will be run by ICFJ and Indian journalists Washington, D.C. -- The International Center for Journalists has announced the launch of the International Media Institute of India (IMII) in New Delhi, a non-profit educational center that will marry cutting-edge, hands-on journalism instruction with the…