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Ideas have the power to touch and change; they live- on even as we disappear from the face of our planet. We are here to raise doubts, ask questions, and tell tales that compel you to take a second look at such ideas & concepts.

Awareness – Global Handwashing Day Celebration

Awareness – Global Handwashing Day Celebration

Every year, October 15th is observed as Global Handwashing Day. Because of the virus, now everyone knows how important hand hygiene is in protecting us from the disease. However, many do not know that, by washing our hands in a proper way, we could also keep away from...

Beating the Broken: Victim Blaming, Shaming & Abuse

Beating the Broken: Victim Blaming, Shaming & Abuse

Our team once received a call from one of our Vaaradhi program kids from West Godavari, she was 14. Her parents passed away. So she lived with her brother & grandmother. An elder boy in the neighborhood inappropriately touched...

కరోనా జీవన నైపుణ్యాలు నేర్పిస్తోందా?

కరోనా జీవన నైపుణ్యాలు నేర్పిస్తోందా?

గత మూడు నెలలలుగా మనందరం వినపకూడదు అని కోరుకునే, కాని వినవలసి వస్తున్న ఏకయిక పదం కరోన. ఈ ఆర్టికల్ లో కరోనా లో handwash ఎలా చేసుకోవాలి? మాస్క్ లు ఎలా ధరించాలి? ఏ మాస్క్ మంచిది? Sanitizer లో ఆల్క్హాహాల్ శాతం ఎంత ఉండాలి? ఎంతమంది రోజు చనిపోతున్నారు? ఇలాంటి వివరాలు...

Career Connect: Children’s Project for Career Planning by PCT

Career Connect: Children’s Project for Career Planning by PCT

I’ve met two farmers. Though both had the same profession, they didn’t feel the same way about their occupations. One farmer was unhappy in his profession. He regretted not being able to study while he was young. He shared how burdensome his work is and pointed out it was risky.

But the other farmer had an opposite viewpoint. He agreed that his job came with a set of problems and expressed how much he loved his job despite everything.

Hearing to different perspectives on the same profession, I realized that different people can have different experiences of doing a similar job. So it is important to identify which profession will suit one’s individual mindset and requirement.”

Express Menstruation Contest: Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020

Express Menstruation Contest: Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020

Last year PCT held an all men rally that encouraged men to understand and take better care of their women during their periods. This year, we conducted an online contest: Express Menstruation for children. An online live event will be held on the 28th of May 2020. Dr....

Menstruation: Why men should also know about it?

Menstruation: Why men should also know about it?

In the nuclear families of the current day, a woman may not have other women in the household to help her during Menstruation. She may need someone to take over her daily chores, time to rest, medications for her aches, or the right kind of food to put her at ease....

Generous Mind: The Art of Giving

Generous Mind: The Art of Giving

  The Art of Giving: The lores and legends of cultures around the globe are replete with stories and myths, recounting men who placed the spirit of Giving over their own happiness even at the risk of losing their own lives. “So long as the millions live in hunger...

Child Sexual Abuse: What is CSA?

Child Sexual Abuse: What is CSA?

Child Sexual Abuse: What is CSA? The following stories are real experiences of victims who faced CSA. Their identity is kept anonymous. Stealing her childhood... Our team of PCT was once taking a class for the girls of a Government Polytechnic College. We gave them a...

Rethinking Success: Role of Creating Opportunities for Development

Rethinking Success: Role of Creating Opportunities for Development

Working closely with children in communities from the most underprivileged rungs of India for over a decade, our ideas and understandings around success and leadership are questioned relentlessly. What is seen as a success in the communities of rural India has a...

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