Field Visit to Paharia Villages of Amrapara Block, Pakur District, Jharkhand – 22nd & 23rd May 2018
Depositing traditional seeds collected from Kukdur, Kabirdham District, Chhattisgarh to Community Seed Bank at Makhni Pahar Village, Amrapara Block, Pakur District, Jharkhand – 22nd May, 2018 The UD fellow for the Paharia project villages of Amarapara Block in Jharkhand, Kalidas Malto has established a community seed bank in Makhni Pahar his home villages. He has […]
Dharti Dongar Samaroh Annual Meeting of Using Diversity Network – India 2-4 May, 2018
The program commenced with a tradition Baiga dance with the baiga dancers from Dindori escorting the guests and participants into the auditorium to start the program. Rajeev Khedkar and two village elders from the Baiga and Pahari Korwa communities opened the event by lighting diyas on a ceremonial baiga diya holder. Naresh Biswas of Nirmaan […]
Field Visit to Pahari Korwa Villages, Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh – 12th to 15th March 2018
As part of the Using Diversity (UD) Network Project, Keystone in collaboration with other UD partners is working with 11 Pahari Korwa villages in Raigarh District of Chhattisgarh. The Pahari Korwas are one of Chhattisgarh’s 5 tribal groups notified as PVTG. The UD project activities in Raigarh district are being carried out by community fellow […]
Field Visit to Abbalathi Jenukuruba village
By G. Ramachandran and Puvi It was roughly an eight kilometers drive to this village called ‘Abbalathi’ in an Autoriksha from Periyapatna town. Ashakumari, who is working for Sahaja Samrudha, an organization working with grass root level farmers, was my guide to the village. It was my first visit to this area and I did […]
Field Visit to Birhor villages of Pali and Podi Block of Korba District, Chhattisgarh – 9th to 11th March 2018
The integral historical relationship between the Birhors and forests is reflected in the meaning of the word Birhor – Bir mans Jungle and hor means man, so Birhor means people of the Jungle. The Birhors are one of Chhattisgarh’s notified PVTGs and they are distributed across Bilaspur, Jashpur, Surguja, Raigarh and Korba districts. The UD […]
Traditional Seed Mela “Beejon ki Rishtedari” and Cross-learning Exposure Program for UD fellows Silpidi Village, 22-26 February 2018
By Naresh Biswas, Nirman Madhya Pradesh In order to facilitate improved understanding of the Using Diversity (UD) project and its objectives among the UD fellows from Raigarh District of Chhattisgarh and Patalkot, Chindwara District of Madhya Pradesh and exposure visit was organised in Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh from 22nd to 26th February 2018. On this […]
Visit to Jharkhand – Littipara Block and Sundar Pahari Block – 12th to 18th February, 2018
Littipara Meeting at Kathalpara village, 15th February 2018 We had a meeting with 8 women SHG members and two men from Kathalpara village. Kathalpara is home to 60 households a majority of which belong to the Pahariya community. The village still has neighbouring forest areas and a few households still practice Kurwa the traditional Pahariya […]
Participation of Traditional Baiga Chiefs of Baigachak, Madhya Pradesh in the Baiga Mahsabha organised by Jan Swasth Sahyog and Sarv Adivasi Sabha’s Program
By Naresh Biswas 13th February 2018, Dagniya village, Mungeli Distirct (Jan Swasth Sahyog) UD fellows and Baiga leaders from Dindori District’s Baigachak participated in a program organised in the village of Dagniya in Achanakamar Wildlife Sancturary on the 13th of February 2018. In the course of the program that went on till 5:00 pm Charra […]
Field Visit to Mainpur, Gariyaband District, Chhattisgarh – 18th January 2018
Background In Mainpur block of Gariyaband district of Chhatisgarh the Using Diversity project is working with the Kamar community living in 12 villages in forest areas of the Block. The Kamars have historically been dependent on their surrounding forests for sustenance and livelihood security. They also practice traditional forms of shifting cultivation. However, in the […]
Orientation Program for UD Fellows at XISA Raipur – 10th & 11th January 2018
Facilitators – Rohan Mukerjee, Naresh Biswas This Orientation program for Central India Using Diversity (UD) fellows carried out at XISA Raipur in the second week of January involved 2 fellows from MP, and 5 fellows from Chhattisgarh. The fellows from Jharkhand, Patalkot and one fellow from Gariyaband were unable to attend the program. Introduction of […]
