Ratna’s Story
Ratna and her family received a plot of land through a program implemented by the government of West Bengal, India. Full story
Evariste’s Story
How a Land Title Provided a Rwandan Carpenter with Electricity
A land title allowed Rwandan farmer and carpenter Evariste Hagumimana to expand his carpentry business. Full story
Asira’s Story
Life Three Years After Gaining a Land Title
View this photo essay slideshow that depicts what having secure land rights can do for a farming family in Rwanda. Asira’s Story
Bali’s Story
Where Change BeginsBali Sabar’s journey from typical unemployed and hopeless youth to village savior began in a humble but powerful meeting. Bali’s Story
Surendra’s Story
Building Bridges Over LandAround the globe, from the streets of London to the Arab world’s public squares, youth and disenfranchisement have proved a potent combination. But Surendra Sabar, a 27-year-old from Odisha, India, is now a great supporter of his government. Surendra’s Story
Three Sisters & a Legal Aid Center
The First Case of Landesa’s Legal Aid Center in China:
After two years trying to reclaim their inheritance rights to their family’s forestland, three sisters in a remote county of Chongqing, China found Landesa’s legal aid center to defend their land rights… Full Story
Lin’s Story
“We Always Have Our Land to Rely On…”
In Neilu village in China’s Fujian Province, Lin Lianhua and her husband, Su Yuan, spent their lives farming a small piece of land. It was a hard life, one of physical exhaustion and a meager income… Lin’s Story
Shakti’s Story
Strengthening Rights for Women and Girls . . .
Shakti beams with pride as she holds her patta – the title to her land. Before she became a landowner, she was among the poorest of the poor… Shakti’s Story
Kharibandha Village, Ganjam District, Odisha, India
For generations, this hamlet has been like any other in this poor corner of India.
Children here did not attend school, but worked alongside their parents in landowners’ fields. When those fields were fallow, the hamlet’s men left their families to look for work in the cities… Kharibandha’s Story
Poonam‘s Story
How Land Rights is Helping one 14-year-old Indian Girl Become a Doctor
A plot of land about twice the size of a tennis court saved Poonam Barman’s future. The 14-year-old girl and her family were hungry, and landless. Poonam’s Story
Sushmita’s Story
For years, Sushmita worked as an agricultural laborer alongside her husband.
But no matter how many hours they toiled in others’ fields, they never earned enough to buy three proper meals a day for themselves and their children… Sushmita’s Story
Suchitra Dey’s Story
Suchitra Dey remembers the weeks of hunger.
When her husband, a truck driver, would travel for work, there was often no food or money in the house. “I would borrow some money from relatives and friends to buy food,”… Suchitra’s Story
Liu’s Story
How Land Rights made Farmer Liu and his Neighbors More Conservation Minded
Mr. Liu is part of the agricultural revolution in China that has sparked the largest, most successful, poverty reduction program in the history of the world… Liu’s Story
Lakshmi’s Story
At the impossibly young age of 10, Lakshmi became a bride.
Soon after that she became a mother.
And then, a young widow… Lakshmi’s Story
Cao’s Story
Land Rights Make Business Bloom for China’s Farmers
For decades, Cao Fenping and his wife farmed their tiny plot of land with little security. As was standard throughout China, they had no title and knew that village leaders could and would reallocate farmers’ plots regularly… Cao’s Story
Marie’s Story
Learn How Land Rights Helped a Rwandan Widow
During Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, Marie lost her husband.
But thanks to Landesa’s work in Rwanda, she didn’t loose her land… Marie’s Story
Ranimma’s Story
Land Rights Help Families Grow Roots
For years Ranimma, her husband and three daughters were like leaves blown in the wind… Ranimma’s Story
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