Chhattisgarh is one of the world's worst places to raise a baby, let alone be one. The state in central India has some of the worst health indicators in the country, including sky-high child mortality and extreme malnutrition.
For decades, aid organizations tried to improve the health of moms and babies in Chhattisgarh. Little made a dent. But then a garden of flowers rose up in the state.
In 2012, a group of tribal leaders worked with nonprofits and the government to launch the Fulwaris, which literally means "flower beds" in Hindi. Fulwaris are a network of nurseries run entirely by moms in the community who take turns feeding and caring for each other's children.
[For more of this story, written by Ankita Rao, go to http://www.npr.org/blogs/goats...s-to-moms-and-babies]
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