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ProPoor is an internet portal that provides information, resources and news about development work in South Asia. ProPoor is not a funding organization. As we create a platform to match resources with needs, we hope to rekindle the spirit of service in individual hearts around the globe. South Asian Development News Dec 16, 2018 Human Rights Priorities Perhaps the most serious human rights issue today concerns the freedom of expression for media. ...   Growing Organic Cotton Boosts Tribal Income In 2015, after growing Bt cotton for 15 years, around 7,000 Bhil, Bhilala, Korku and Gond ... Saving Lives and Time with Skywalk Scheduled to be completed by March 2019, Thane-Mumbai skywalk is expected to benefit more than ...   Indomitable Women to Lend their Voice at Jaipur Litfest The upcoming Jaipur Literature Festival is all set to host powerful women to inspire the world ... Cafe Arpan: Emplying People with Developmental Disabilities Nagarkar, a medico, started a small cafe called Arpan in Juhu, Bombay, as a unique venture ... suggest a story | read news archives Latest News From ProPoor Community More updates on the ProPoor blog >> "Signs of Light": Good News From South Asia SNEHA: Preventing Suicides by Not Hanging Up posted on Dec 5, 2018 Ever since a popular media posted crisis information on its web page, Chennai based SNEHA suicide prevention centre has been flooded with calls and emails from persons seeking help from all over India. Green People: Pausing Migration in Uttarakhand posted on Nov 26, 2018 Under the guidance of Col. Ajay Kothiyal, Mr. Rupesh Rai founded the Green People, a group of volunteers are setting up examples of rural tourism and organic farms in Uttarakhand to inspire thousands of villagers to come back home. In the Footsteps of Kabir posted on Nov 19, 2018 Possibly the most-quoted poet-saint of north India is Kabir, the illiterate, 15th century mystic who belonged to a class of weavers in the ancient city of Varanasi. Kabir was a 'nirguni', one who believes in a formless divinity that can be discovered both within and without. With whip-like wit, his poetry scorns outward rituals and displays of piety exhorting his listeners to seek the divine through self-interrogation, and to recognise the impermanence of manifest reality. Read on for an extract from 'The Bijak of Kabir', one of the most important anthologies of the Eastern tradition of Kabir's verses. more good news

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