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 […]
Van Kaleva Utsav – Awareness program on uncultivated food with the children of Ajgar village, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh
Based on inputs from UD fellow Heeralal Sarote On the 19th of December 2020 Van Kaleva Utsav was organised in the Baiga village of Ajgar in Dindori District of Madhya Pradesh. The program was aimed at celebrating and spreading awareness about the diverse uncultivated foods of the Baiga people. The primary school children of Ajgar […]
Training on Habitat Rights Provisions of Forest Rights Act with Baiga leaders at Karpa Village, Pusparajgarh Block, Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh – 2nd and 3rd December 2020
Based on inputs from Naresh Biswas In order provide information about the Habitat Rights provisions of the Forest Rights Act (2006) Nirman (UD partner organisation) organised a two day training program on the 2nd and 3rd of December 2020 in the Community Hall of Karpa village. 25 Baiga leaders from 10 villages of Pusparajgarh Block […]
Field visit to Sabar villages of East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand
Rohan Mukerjee The Sabar people are classified as one of Jharkhand’s 8 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) and they primarily dwell in the forested hills of East Singhbhum District in south-east Jharkhand. The Sabar have traditionally depended on forests for their survival and livelihoods and are yet to adopt sedentary agriculture in a big way. […]
