Founded in 1994 by the visionary social activist, Sanjoy Ghose, Charkha Development Communication Network is an innovative non-profit organization that works towards the social and economic inclusion of rural marginalized communities through the creative use of media.

Rural marginalized communities often remain unheard and have little access to information that they can use to overcome their social and economic disadvantages. Charkha is committed to empower these communities by building their capacity to speak up at the local, state and national levels and access available resources to obtain their rights and entitlements.

Taking forward the work carried out so far in Darbhanga and Sitamarhi Districts, a team of two – Anisur Rahman Khan of the Urdu Feature Service and Shams Tamanna of the Hindi Feature Service – travelled to the two districts between November 10-21, 2011 to teach communication skills and give access to information to a wider network of youth, thus enabling them to use the power of mainstream media to highlight the development challenges of the disadvantaged.

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