IndiaUnheard Video Brings Change

Over 500 people in a remote village of Manipur in North East India have received healthcare for the first time, thanks to an IndiaUnheard video An IndiaUnheard video by Daniel Mate, our correspondent from Ukhrul district of Manipur has inspired a local organization Burning Voices to donate a carload of lifesaving medicine for villagers who were in dire need of healthcare in a remote village. On 24th May this year, we published Daniel Mate's video Village Lacks Healthcare. The video report showed the plight of a village called Laiban, 10km from Tengoupal, Manipur which had no access to healthcare. The lack of medicine and proper healthcare was forcing people to using herbs and faith healing to take care of their sick and dying. The only remaining option is to travel 10 km to Tengoupal, where if they are lucky the Public Health Centre would be open. If it is open they may not have adequate staff to attend their needs. Despite complaints have been made, the government has taken no action so far to improve the situation for these people. Once this story was shown on IndiaUnheard website, Daniel was contacted by Burning Voices - an organization from Manipur which provided him with the medicine needed for the village. Daniel, with the help of Kuki Student Organization and a doctor distributed these medicines among the villagers of Laiban as well as some other neighbouring villages that needed it. The video has created 3-fold impacts. 1. It made possible for over 500 people access healthcare 2. The video inspired locals take action to find solution to local problems 3. The video has, since also encouraged Daniel to bring our more unheard community stories with the global audience through his videos.

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[xorg27]

seriuosly man .. who is your local representative ??why don`t the communtiy go and speak to him?? grab him by the neck and tell him that you are not gonna elect hin next time .. it`s high time when all of us India start living in more sensible way..this is not the way to live in a 'super power country'..

[ronen0385]

How sad for being a part of India ....and more sad to be part of Manipur state . U all have all the rights to blame the govt. and high ranking bureaucrats for not being so ignorant to this part of india.