Impact Ledger

Verified Case Studies

Five programmes. Twelve villages. Each case carries a real location, a real year, and a real village list. No anonymised clusters. No composite narratives.

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Verified Cases
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Programmes Covered
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Villages Named
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Layers of Review

Five Verified Stories

Each case ends with a metric that means something to the people it describes.

Farmours Dhamtari · 2021-25

Sunita's FPO

Sunita Verma, a 34-year-old farmer from Mohdi village, was one of the first women trained under Farmours. Today, she sits on the board of a registered FPO with 3,320 members selling direct to mandi.

Metric: ₹2.5 lakh avg. annual household income.
Bolti Nadi Kawardha · 2019-24

The Sakri River Walk

90 km walked end-to-end. Documented encroachment, industrial discharge, and missing check dams. Triggered district-level MGNREGA employment drives for riverbed restoration.

Metric: 12+ villages saw water tables rise post check-dam construction.
Prayaas Bastar · 2022-25

Bastar Ashram Schools

Introduced bilingual (Hindi-Gondi) study materials across 12 tribal ashram schools. Replaced rote learning with illustrated, context-specific PDFs aligned to CGBSE.

Metric: Class 10 pass rate rose from 41% to 78%.
Yoga Kutumb Kanker · 2023-25

The 240-Household Cohort

Tracked 240 households attending weekly community yoga sessions over 24 months. Focused on reducing preventable lifestyle diseases and improving first-response literacy.

Metric: 38% fewer self-reported hospital visits for cardiac/respiratory issues.
Heritage Walk Raipur · 2024

Meri Jaan Tiranga Hai

Organised a 15 km continuous human chain holding the tricolour from Tatibandh to Telibandha. Entered the Limca Book of Records while raising awareness for local heritage preservation.

Metric: 15 km continuous human chain (Limca Book record).

Case Study FAQs

Why only five case studies — why not fifty? +
Case studies are labour-intensive to verify properly. Each one requires field-team time, community meetings, internal review, and external review. Five verified cases is more credible than fifty press releases.
Can I visit the villages in a case study? +
Yes, with prior arrangement. Field visits can be organised for journalists, donors, and CSR partners with two to four weeks' notice. The host village has the right to decline any visit.
Are community members paid for participating? +
Community members are not paid for participating in case studies — payment would compromise independence. We do compensate community reviewers for the time they spend reading and signing off on drafts.
What happens if a community disagrees with the narrative? +
The disagreement is recorded in the case-study appendix. We do not edit disagreements out. The published case carries both the foundation's interpretation and the community's counter-interpretation.
Can I cite a case study in my academic work? +
Yes. Cite as: 'Meer Foundation, [Case Study Name], [Year], accessed [date], meerfoundation.org/impact/case-studies.' All content is CC-BY 4.0.

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