Darpana has worked as a development communications agency for over two decades with NGOs and government agencies wishing to transmit particular messages to particular audiences. In November 2004, for the first time, Darpana for Development took up the village of Fatehpura to try its hand at implementing change rather than only initiating it. This very poor and totally backward village in Gandhinagar, has been working with D-D activists and today stands reinvigorated by these efforts at education, empowerment, formation of groups for savings, cleanliness and nutrition drives and employment training for women. As a celebration of reaching a six month target, and for having walled a path together there is an event on May 25th at Natarani. Children will sing and dance, women will show and take orders for the products they have begun to manufacture and other women will cater rural food at the cafe.
