Due to the high prevalence of drug abuse in the region, youth are commonly found falling prey to such abuse and being unproductive. Young people spent time loitering aimlessly or spent time indoors in Sivan.

As we mark World Earth Day 2025, it’s the perfect moment to spotlight the role of solar energy in transforming rural India—not just environmentally, but socially and economically as well. With climate change looming and traditional resources depleting, clean, alternate and renewable energy isn’t just an ideal—it’s a lifeline. Across villages in India, solar power is reshaping daily life, making communities more resilient, self-reliant, and future-ready.

In Abhla, Lakhipur, and other neighbouring villages in Farakka, an unfamiliar fruit brings hope and higher income. A strawberry called Winter Dawn.

Whilst the fourth WHO global tobacco trends report highlighted a reduction in global tobacco users, low and middle-income countries remain at the forefront of the problem. Home to around 80% of the 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide, countries like India are massive markets and opportunities for tobacco companies to recruit new tobacco users.

Limited resources in rural India are major obstacles standing in the way of learning. Children in standards 1-5 struggle to reap the benefits of reading because their access to books ends at their school gates.

It’s not very often you get to speak with the CEO at the helm of a global organization driving sustainability around cotton farming! In these trying times, where issues like climate change, and the ubiquitous rural poverty can feel so overwhelming and grim, a talk with Alan McClay, CEO of Better Cotton, based in Geneva, is like a breath of fresh air! His optimism, passion and insight give us all hope that if we continue to chip away, a better world awaits us all …

The name’s ‘Ajay Kapur’ and ‘Ambuja’ are synonymous with one another. Cutting his teeth in the cement business as the Executive Assistant to Narotam Sekhsaria, over a period of 19 years Ajay Kapur worked his way up to the position of MD & CEO – leading Ambuja Cements Ltd to become a major player in the Indian Cement market. Today he leads the cement business of the Adani Group, and Ambuja Foundation is fortunate to still have him as a Director – harnessing his extensive experience and business savvy to help grow our work.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally - also topping the list of cancers among women in India. However in rural India, women barely know about breast cancer, fear examination and have to defend a host of social and cultural taboos - leading to delayed detection, and a higher risk of mortality.

Dr. Asmita Naik Africawala is the Lead - Program Research, at Ambuja Foundation. Here, she shares in detail how Ambuja Foundation is embracing technology to capture data in the field for internal research studies, with the aim of improving practice and approach in execution of programs.

India is considered to be a county with the highest number of youth in the world! *As of 2022, India had more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% below the age of 35. This means that India has the largest number of millennials and gen Z on the planet today.

Given the multidimensionality of poverty, a combination of well thought-out interventions is required to address the many interconnected challenges related to development. Complex interventions are increasingly being implemented in the area of livelihood creation, rural development and community health as a means to jointly address the holistic development of the population involved.

27th June, 2023 marked the United Nations’ Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Day – celebrating the crucial role that MSME’s play in achieving the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development. Ambuja Foundation is committed to enabling rural people – particularly women and young people – in establishing enterprises to provide much needed fuel for families and local economies.