Festival for Change – The Mint Magazine https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Tue, 29 Mar 2022 05:06:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg Festival for Change – The Mint Magazine https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 Period pain https://www.themintmagazine.com/period-pain/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/period-pain/#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:43:49 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=27341

Ankit on a community visit: “The womenfolk are mostly aware of sanitary pads but would never think about using them. The stigma is huge.” The return on investment in menstrual … ]]>
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Indian society’s fixation on high scores above all else in education is damaging  children’s mental health, according to Festival for Change challenge finalist, Project Ruhani. Karen Marshall explains. Festival for … ]]>
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Zodwa: “It is extremely important that we create independent ways for the people to make money.” A bicycle tourist business run as an aside has morphed into a potential community … ]]>
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The shock that planted an idea https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-shock-that-planted-an-idea/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-shock-that-planted-an-idea/#respond Sun, 13 Dec 2020 17:19:00 +0000 https://themint.kinsta.cloud/?p=27189

Dhaka scavenger, Taslima, was delighted to hear about Project Bottle Economy that will enable her to earn more from her work. A pair of technology students in Bangladesh came up … ]]>
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