“Express to Access” Girls’ Cricket Championship

On the 1st of June, for the first time not just in Kolegaon but the entire surrounding region of 27 villages - there was an all-girls' cricket match! The match was between Kolegaon's first girls' cricket team and Bamanwada's first girls' cricket team - breaking the myth that girls don't play cricket at the community … Continue reading “Express to Access” Girls’ Cricket Championship

Adivasi families in Kolegaon Get Ration Cards

Over last few months, through our counselling centre at Kolegaon, youth and community leaders have been following up with the Ration office in Dombivali to procure Ration Cards for the village's Adivasi Pada. Unbelievably, our adivasi friends, who are literally some of the oldest residents of the village, do not yet have ration cards or … Continue reading Adivasi families in Kolegaon Get Ration Cards

Kolegaon Youth Visit Manpada Police Station

As a part of our youth leadership program in Kolegaon, a visit of 26 youth was organised with the Manpada Police station in Kalyan. The visit was for exploring the police as a system that is an important and responsible stakeholder of our democracy. Youth had prepared questions through which they would try to understand their … Continue reading Kolegaon Youth Visit Manpada Police Station

The Youth Centre at Kolegaon – an Effort Towards Gender Equitable, Organic Leadership of Village Youth

Kolegaon is a village on the very outskirts of the administrative area of the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation, in Thane District. Those who know where Mumbai is, the Kalyan-Dombivali area itself is about a two-hour train journey from Mumbai. Actually, Kolegaon was a gram panchayat (governed by locally elected village council) till just a few months ago, … Continue reading The Youth Centre at Kolegaon – an Effort Towards Gender Equitable, Organic Leadership of Village Youth