17.8 million children in India remain out of school. Millions of poor Indians cannot afford healthcare.
Oxfam India’s focus on ensuring essential services such as health and education is a direct way of reducing the inter-generational inequality that keeps people trapped in poverty.
Our work ensures that a child born in a poorest of poor families has a chance at healthcare, prior to and after birth, and at universal, inclusive and quality elementary education.
An important aspect of our work in essential services is to make financing available for the universal provision of essential services. We campaign for the introduction of progressive tax reforms and for corporations to pay fair taxes owed to the country.
Stories of Change
Stories that inspire us.
27 Jul, 2022
Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh
Reviving Bal Sansad
Having ensured that children from our Mohalla Classes are back in schools, we have started work on strengthening the schools as is laid out in the Right To Eduction Act of 2009. One of the aspects tha...
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01 Aug, 2022
Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
From the Cycle Shop To School
According to UNESCO report for the year 2020, 0.32 billion students across the county were affected due to school closure due to the pandemic. Previous studies show that short term disruption in schoo...
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02 Aug, 2022
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Out Of Brick Kiln, Not Out Of School
Monu (13) and Sonu (11), two brothers, were working in a brick kiln with their parents. They would have continued working and would be pushed permanently into child labour had it not been for our comm...
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03 Aug, 2022
Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
It Is Now All About Sums, Not Samosas
Shanu could rattle off multiples of five with ease. But that was it. He couldn’t read or write otherwise.
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05 Aug, 2022
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
चाय दुकान से स्कूल तक शिक्षा का सफ़र
बाल मज़दूरी एक ऐसा अभिशाप है जो समाज में व्याप्त गैर-बराबरी को और ज्यादा बढ़ाता है। बाल मज़दूर बच्चे अन्य बच्चों की तुलना में विकास के अवसरों को हासिल करने में पीछे रह जाते हैं। शिक्षा हीं ऐ...
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09 Aug, 2022
Gumla, Jharkhand
Suraj Goes To School
We work with mother's group in Jharkhand along with children and schools and this is how we came across Suraj Lohra. Ten-year-old Suraj Lohra was an out of school child.
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