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A non-profit helps displaced Baiga adivasis from the Kanha National Park, find stability
A non-profit helps displaced Baiga adivasis from the Kanha National Park, find stability

By Satish Malviya

Displaced from their forest homes inside the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, tribal inhabitants struggled for years to find a place to call their own. A group of 32 Baiga tribe families now live in Chichrangpur village in the buffer zone where a non-profit is training them in farming and other means of livelihood.

Displaced from their forest homes inside the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, tribal inhabitants struggled for years to find a place to call their own. A group of 32 Baiga tribe families now live in Chichrangpur village in the buffer zone where a non-profit is training them in farming and other means of livelihood.

कान्हा राष्ट्रीय पार्क से विस्थापित बैगा आदिवासियों की मदद के लिए बढ़े हाथ, अब खेती बाड़ी के साथ ही कर रहे दूसरे काम
कान्हा राष्ट्रीय पार्क से विस्थापित बैगा आदिवासियों की मदद के लिए बढ़े हाथ, अब खेती बाड़ी के साथ ही कर रहे दूसरे काम

By Satish Malviya

मध्य प्रदेश में कान्हा राष्ट्रीय पार्क से विस्थापित हुए आदिवासियों ने अपनी जगह के लिए दावा करने के लिए सालों तक संघर्ष किया है। बैगा जनजाति के 32 परिवारों का एक समूह अब बफर ज़ोन के चिचरंगपुर गाँव में रहता है, जहां एक गैर-लाभकारी संस्था उन्हें खेती और आजीविका के अन्य साधनों का प्रशिक्षण दे रही है।

मध्य प्रदेश में कान्हा राष्ट्रीय पार्क से विस्थापित हुए आदिवासियों ने अपनी जगह के लिए दावा करने के लिए सालों तक संघर्ष किया है। बैगा जनजाति के 32 परिवारों का एक समूह अब बफर ज़ोन के चिचरंगपुर गाँव में रहता है, जहां एक गैर-लाभकारी संस्था उन्हें खेती और आजीविका के अन्य साधनों का प्रशिक्षण दे रही है।

The camera becomes an agent of change in adivasi communities of central India
The camera becomes an agent of change in adivasi communities of central India

By Satish Malviya

On July 16 and 17, at the Green Hub Central India Mahotsav held in Bhopal, documentaries made by adivasi youth from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand were screened. The programme marked the successful culmination of a 10-month residential training to 17 young tribals who were taught the nuts and bolts of documentary-making and encouraged to make films around their lives.

On July 16 and 17, at the Green Hub Central India Mahotsav held in Bhopal, documentaries made by adivasi youth from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand were screened. The programme marked the successful culmination of a 10-month residential training to 17 young tribals who were taught the nuts and bolts of documentary-making and encouraged to make films around their lives.

Gond and Baiga Tribe Women Help Revive Kodo-Kutki Millets in Madhya Pradesh
Gond and Baiga Tribe Women Help Revive Kodo-Kutki Millets in Madhya Pradesh

By Satish Malviya

Efforts by a women-led group have helped revive the traditional millet varieties of Kodo and Kutki in Madhya Pradesh. Today, as many as 18,000 rural women in the Dindori district are earning better incomes by cultivating these millets and processing them into marketable products like cookies, breakfast cereals, biscuits, snacks, and sweets.

Efforts by a women-led group have helped revive the traditional millet varieties of Kodo and Kutki in Madhya Pradesh. Today, as many as 18,000 rural women in the Dindori district are earning better incomes by cultivating these millets and processing them into marketable products like cookies, breakfast cereals, biscuits, snacks, and sweets.

Gond and Baiga Tribe Women Help Revive Kodo-Kutki Millets in Madhya Pradesh
Gond and Baiga Tribe Women Help Revive Kodo-Kutki Millets in Madhya Pradesh

By Gaon Connection

Efforts by a women-led group have helped revive the traditional millet varieties of Kodo and Kutki in Madhya Pradesh. Today, as many as 18,000 rural women in the Dindori district are earning better incomes by cultivating these millets and processing them into marketable products like cookies, breakfast cereals, biscuits, snacks, and sweets.

Efforts by a women-led group have helped revive the traditional millet varieties of Kodo and Kutki in Madhya Pradesh. Today, as many as 18,000 rural women in the Dindori district are earning better incomes by cultivating these millets and processing them into marketable products like cookies, breakfast cereals, biscuits, snacks, and sweets.

Dried flowers, fire, and merry making mark the Holi of Adivasis in Chhattisgarh
Dried flowers, fire, and merry making mark the Holi of Adivasis in Chhattisgarh

By गाँव कनेक्शन

To mark the advent of spring and Holi, tribal communities in Chhattisgarh joyfully welcome spring with colours they have made from palash flowers in the age-old tradition.

To mark the advent of spring and Holi, tribal communities in Chhattisgarh joyfully welcome spring with colours they have made from palash flowers in the age-old tradition.

Chhattisgarh: It’s been four years since teachers at a school for adivasi kids have received their salaries
Chhattisgarh: It’s been four years since teachers at a school for adivasi kids have received their salaries

By Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

Despite no salaries for four years, teachers of the Abhayaran Sikshan Samiti Higher Secondary School in Mungeli district in Chhattisgarh, have stayed on. They are awaiting a government grant, which will help the school stay afloat and continue to impart education to Gond and Baiga tribal children.

Despite no salaries for four years, teachers of the Abhayaran Sikshan Samiti Higher Secondary School in Mungeli district in Chhattisgarh, have stayed on. They are awaiting a government grant, which will help the school stay afloat and continue to impart education to Gond and Baiga tribal children.

Married at 8 and unlettered herself, 49-year-old Saguni Devi from Ajmer champions girls' education
Married at 8 and unlettered herself, 49-year-old Saguni Devi from Ajmer champions girls' education

By Satish Malviya

Saguni Devi Bairva is an adivasi farmer from Ajmer, Rajasthan, and she so inspired another young adivasi, Arti Singh from Chhattisgarh, that latter made a documentary on her called ‘Kisan Hoon, Nidar Hoon’, which was recently screened at the Green Hub Central India (GHCI) festival in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Saguni Devi Bairva is an adivasi farmer from Ajmer, Rajasthan, and she so inspired another young adivasi, Arti Singh from Chhattisgarh, that latter made a documentary on her called ‘Kisan Hoon, Nidar Hoon’, which was recently screened at the Green Hub Central India (GHCI) festival in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

A traditional Odia millet dish Atkel is helping fight infant and maternal mortality in Kalahandi
A traditional Odia millet dish Atkel is helping fight infant and maternal mortality in Kalahandi

By Niroj Ranjan Misra

Kalalandi was once known as the land of starvation deaths. For the past couple of years, UNICEF, along with a local NGO KARRTABYA, has been promoting nutrition rich atkel, made with finger millet and molasses, among tribal inhabitants of the district in Odisha. Results are promising.

Kalalandi was once known as the land of starvation deaths. For the past couple of years, UNICEF, along with a local NGO KARRTABYA, has been promoting nutrition rich atkel, made with finger millet and molasses, among tribal inhabitants of the district in Odisha. Results are promising.

Odisha’s Millet Story Is Now An International Sustainable Narrative
Odisha’s Millet Story Is Now An International Sustainable Narrative

By Manoj Kumar Mishra

Odisha Millets Mission started in 2017 with an initial investment of Rs 60-65 crore per year, and has now increased to Rs 360 crore per year. The state government has allocated Rs 2,808 crore for the next six years. The idea is simply mainstreaming millet consumption, from daily household meals to international events like the recently concluded Hockey World Cup to partnering with corporate houses.

Odisha Millets Mission started in 2017 with an initial investment of Rs 60-65 crore per year, and has now increased to Rs 360 crore per year. The state government has allocated Rs 2,808 crore for the next six years. The idea is simply mainstreaming millet consumption, from daily household meals to international events like the recently concluded Hockey World Cup to partnering with corporate houses.

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