Awareness Program on Forest Rights Act – Hitbasa, Potka Block, Jharkhand
Sidheshwar Sardar On the 22nd of February 2021 a one day awareness program on the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and its implementation was organized in Mansa Club in Hitbasa village. 12 Sabar villagers (7 women and 6 men) from Hitbasa Sabar Tola, Chirugoda and Saharjudi attended the meeting. 19 villager (8 women and 11 men) […]
Traditional Seed and Food festival at Pillur
Ramachandran K G A traditional seed and food festival was organized in Pillur, Tamil Nadu on 20th, February 2021 with the purpose of disseminating and transferring the knowledge of traditional food and seed diversity of the people of the Irula community to their own children and youth. Another purpose of the gathering was to spread […]
Katkari Community managed seed bank, Poi Malwan, Sindhudurg
Ramachandran K G In the month of September 2020, a meeting was organised in Poi Malwan village to discuss the setting up of a community seed bank. 15-20 community women leaders from 5 villages in the area gathered there to participate in the discussion. No one from the villages has ever heard about the concept […]
Legal aid camp for Katkari Community Leaders at Narur, Sindhudurg
Ramachandran K G Along with the advocacy meetings being held across the region, a legal aid camp was also arranged at Narur village of Sidhudurg district in the month of January 2021 for equipping the Katkari community leaders to claim their land rights. 25 community leaders attended this legal aid camp. A well known lawyer, […]
Tuber distribution in the Nilambur area
Ramachandran K G Boiled or fried wild tubers and honey was one of the favourite dishes of the indigenous community people in Nilambur valley. Some of these community groups, like Kattaunaicken, Paniya and Muthuva, also used to cultivate some of the common yam species in the past around their houses. Tubers were one of the […]
Gaothan and Gharthan rights – Advocacy Meeting, Sindhudurg
Ramachandran K.G. Historically and traditionally, the Katkari tribe, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Maharashtra, was a nomadic community. They used to keep moving from one place to another for their livelihoods. They did not have permanent settlements. But, in the last few decades, the social situation of the Katkari have changed a lot. […]
Village visits and introductory meetings, Sabar Project Area, Potka Block, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, December 2020
Sidheshwar Sardar Chirugoda, Hari Tand Sabar Tola – 7th December 2020 A meeting was conducted with the Sabar villagers of Hari Tand Sabar Tola in Chirugoda village. The participants included 21 women and 13 men. A discussion on wild food was facilitated using books on wild food by from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The villagers […]
Van Kaleva Utsav – Awareness program on uncultivated food with Baiga children of Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh
Based on inputs from UD fellow Durgesh Prasad On the 23rd of December 2020 Van Kaleva Utsav was celebrated in the Signagarh forest of Gonda Panchayat, Pushparajgarh Block, Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh. The program involved Baiga children as well as village elders and heads from neighbouring Baiga villages which inculded Pakripani, Dumartola, Bakan, Nawatola, Belapani. […]
Van Kaleva Utsav – Awareness program on uncultivated food with the children of Patalkot, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh
Based on inputs from Laxman and Gyansha Bharti On the 23rd of December 2020 Van Kaleva Utsav was celebrated in Rodagoda Pahar forest which is located between Gaildubba and Ghana Kodia villages. 38 children from Gaildubba, Ghanakoria, Ghatlinga, Sukhabhand and Harmahu Bandnam villages along with women and 3 men from Gaildubba and Ghanakoria villages participated […]
Van Kaleva Utsav – Awareness program on uncultivated food with the children of Khamera village, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh
Based on inputs from UD fellow Heeralal Sarote On the 20th of December 2020 the primary school children of Baiga village of Khamera were taken to the forest of Chuhi Dongar and Chuti dongar. Bajari Baiga, Dharam Singh Baiga and four Baiga women – Vesreen Bai, Bajrin Bai, Tihari Bai, and Somvari Bai accompanied the […]
