This Awesome Honey Doesn’t Harm the Bees & Helps Empower Thousands of Tribals!

This Awesome Honey Doesn’t Harm the Bees & Helps Empower Thousands of Tribals!

This Awesome Honey Doesn’t Harm the Bees & Helps Empower Thousands of Tribals! The opportunities for labour are many, but the wages are uncertain. After many years of this instability, when the opportunity for a steady income came Maheshwari’s way, she was excited and weary. 38-year-old Maheshwari is a former daily wage labourer in the

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How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests

How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That Otherwise Destroys Forests In this project, the tribal community is involved in the mechanical control of lantana by manually cutting, and at the same time, they are trained in making low- cost furniture, handicraft, toys and other utility articles using lantana wood. It was

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Bamboo Rakhis That Are Not Only Eco- Friendly but Also Feed Tribals in Maharashtra

Bamboo Rakhis That Are Not Only Eco- Friendly but Also Feed Tribals in Maharashtra An indigenous innovation that challenges the cheap rakhis being dumped in the Indian market by the Chinese, these green bamboo rakhis fund a day‟s meal for the tribals of Melghat. Aptly named „Shrushti Bandha‟ – to signify the human bond with

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Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE A total 18,493 families in 215 villages across Protected Areas (PA) in India have been displaced in the 48 years since the inception of Project Tiger, the Union government’s flagship

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Madhubani Murals On The Walls of These Jharkhand Village Homes Depict the Life & Times of Tribals

Madhubani Murals On The Walls of These Jharkhand Village Homes Depict the Life & Times of Tribals The walls of houses in Jharkhand‟s Chandidih village are proud galleries displaying Madhubani masterpieces woven with everyday stories, thanks to Udbhav, a community art project. The tiny village of Chandidih in Khunti district, about 35 km from Ranchi,

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Completion of school education is costly for these tribal region students

Completion of school education is costly for these tribal region students According to students and their parents, the problem of truancy can be solved if authorities concerned arrange bus transportation to a higher secondary school in the nearby village Natrampalayam. KRISHNAGIRI: Nestled in the lap of western ghats are many tribal villages and one such

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We break indigenous societies and yet are scared of ‘them’

We break indigenous societies and yet are scared of ‘them’

We break indigenous societies and yet are scared of ‘them’ Two tribal rights activists urge civil society to protect indigenous families facing the onslaught of inhuman greed and extreme apathy We (you, I and them) are all tribals by origin. Over the years, we have lied to ourselves and conveniently believed that we are not

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Meet the Woman Who Has Been Empowering Tribals in Ananthapuram for Over Four Decades

Meet the Woman Who Has Been Empowering Tribals in Ananthapuram for Over Four Decades A high percentage of the population of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ranks among the poorest sections of India. Plagued by drought, regressive social customs, and lack of access to facilities, the situation is especially dire for the women and children of

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