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A plot of land about twice the size of a tennis court saved Poonam Barman’s future. The 14-year-old girl and

Children here did not attend school, but worked alongside their parents in landowners’ fields. When those fields were fallow, the

Shakti beams with pride as she holds her patta – the title to her land. Before she became a landowner,

In Neilu village in China’s Fujian Province, Lin Lianhua and her husband, Su Yuan, spent their lives farming a small

Around the globe, from the streets of London to the Arab world’s public squares, youth and disenfranchisement have proved a

Bali Sabar’s journey from typical unemployed and hopeless youth to village savior began in a humble but powerful meeting.

India’s economy has already crossed $2 trillion and is growing annually at around 6%. But these figures cannot hide the

By Amit Kumar Ghosh, Landesa District Project Coordinator This post originally appeared on GirlsNotBrides.org on Wednesday 12th Nov 2014. More than 40,000

This post was originally published by the International Examiner on November 6, 2014. In the last year, girls living in

Landesa supports a micro-land ownership program for India’s landless agricultural laborers that strives to reduce poverty through improved homestead development