Healthy Minds, Healthy Lives: Joint Health Awareness Training with ICDS Department in Jara Sabar Para
Kumaresh Mahato In the Kharia Sabar hamlet Jara Sabar Para in Purulia District of West Bengal, a Health awareness training was organized in collaboration with the ICDS Department on 15th December 2025, focusing on the well-being of Sabar Women and their families. The training brought together Sabar Women from different households, creating an open and […]
Weaving Hope: Five Days of Handicraft Skill Development for Sabar Women in Mirgichami
Kumaresh Mahato From 8th to 12th November 2025, Mirgichami village in Bandwan Block of Purulia district became a space of learning, creativity, and confidence for Sabar women. A five-day skill development training on handicraft making using locally available Babui grass and date palm leaves was organized with the aim of strengthening family income and promoting […]
Kitchen Garden Initiative Brings Positive Change in Gharsinghla and Charchari Village
By Md Rabiullah, Using Diversity In Gharsinghla and Charchari villages of Badapaktari Panchayat, an initiative on Kitchen / Nutrition Gardens has brought about a wave of change and awareness among the community. Both men and women have come together to support this effort, recognizing its long-term benefits for health, nutrition, and sustainability. Earlier, families were […]
Inauguration of Keystone Foundation Resource Centre in Ranchi
By Rohan Mukerjee –Organisational Development On August 13, 2025, the Keystone Foundation inaugurated its Agroecology and Climate Change Resource Center in Kanke, Ranchi. Keystone Foundation has been working in Central and India for several years through various networks and alongside local partners. In 2022, Keystone launched its Eastern India initiative, with central themes of promoting Agroecology approaches and […]
Roots of Change: Sapling Distribution to Kheria Sabar Families
Kumaresh Mahato In the month of August 2025 saplings of fruit trees were distributed across 59 Sabar villages with the objective of improving nutrition, strengthening livelihoods and promoting environmental care within the Sabar community. Families from each village gathered with interest and hope, many of them seeing fruit saplings not just as plants but as […]
Seeds of Self-Reliance: The Sabar Community Seed Bank of Moula Village
Kumaresh Mahato In Moula Village of Bankura District, West Bengal the Sabar Community has taken a strong step toward protecting their farming traditions and securing their future. At the centre of these efforts are the women of the village, who have turned their everyday practice of saving seeds into a collective seed bank. After each […]
Voices Together: A Step Towards Women Empowerment
Kumaresh Mahato A women’s empowerment meeting was held with the Sabar women group at Bishri village in Purulia district to encourage participation, awareness, and collective growth among rural women. Women from different families came together and actively joined the discussion, making the meeting lively and meaningful. The meeting focused on understanding the importance of the […]
Training on filing for CFR titles, Hatnada village, Seraikela Block, Seraikela-Kharsawan District, Jharkhand
Budheswar Mahato, Jagabandhu Sanda and Rohan Mukerjee In villages of Gamaria, Seraikela and Chandil blocks of Seraikela-Kharsawan District of Jharkhand Keystone Foundation has been supporting community led forest protection alongside efforts to claim forest rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. In this regard, members of Van Surkasha Samiti (VSS) / Forest Protection Committees […]
Clean Water, Healthy Lives: Monitoring Water Quality in Godda District, Jharkhand
By Rabiullah Md,Community Wellbeing Access to clean and safe drinking water is a basic need and right for every person. To ensure this, we have implemented a Water Quality Monitoring System in Chota Palma village, Badapaktari Panchayat, and Sundarpahari block of Godda district on 29/01/2025. This initiative plays an important role in protecting the health of the local population by checking the […]
Training Session on promotion of Organic and Natural Farming practices among the Kheria Sabar people
Kumaresh Mahato On the 9th of June 2025 a training cum planning session was held at the PBKSKS office in Rajnowagarh, Purulia District. The meeting involved 14 participants comprising of CRPs and members of PBKSKS staff. The ojective of the meeting was to help lay a platform for empowering Sabar communities by providing access to […]