Lenin Raghuvanshi

In 2017, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), with the support of Child Rights and You (CRY), adopted 50 villages and a couple of slums to work on the issue of child survival (maternal, neonatal health and nourishment) in the most marginalised communities in four blocks of Varanasi district.

Many Musahar communities, which have been supported by People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), have started kitchen gardens to include fresh vegetables and fruits in their diet.

It is estimated that over 50 percent of weavers' children are malnourished. Many weavers cannot even afford basic medical care for their children, much less themselves. They fall sick easily, and suffer from several diseases, including tuberculosis.