Category Archives: Community facilities

Audio | The Muskoka Summit on the Environment – Canada

Posted on 14/08/2018 by website administrator

Restoring our relationship with nature from lake beds to treetops Indigenous peoples have all around the world have principles and values that we can learn from, that will help us to understand what our responsibility is here. (9:33) What’s emerging … Continue reading →

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An inspiration to many young girls from the Koya tribe: Jayanti Buruda, “the first female voice from the tribe to enter the mainstream media” –  Odisha

Posted on 08/08/2018 by website administrator

Lakshmi Karunakaran, thebetterindia.com, February 12, 2018 | Read the full story >> Girls among the Koya tribe have a staggeringly low literacy level. “Girls hardly go to school, the literacy rate among girls is below 15 percent,” she adds. With … Continue reading →

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Santals as a community: A brief introduction to their culture and approach to development

Posted on 04/08/2018 by website administrator

A brief introduction of Santal life and culture and our approach to development by Dr. Boro Baski | Read the full text: A brief introduction of Santal life and culture and our approach to development >> Santals as a community We, … Continue reading →

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Video | Rainwater harvesting by the “hill dwelling” Sauria Paharia community: Compensating loss of forest cover through agriculture – Jharkhand

Posted on 24/07/2018 by website administrator

 Videovolunteers | Read the full story here >> Published on Feb 7, 2017  In the hills of Jharkhand reside the ancient tribe called the Sauria Paharias (hill dwellers). This Scheduled Tribe, considered as one of the oldest dwellers of … Continue reading →

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RSV School & Museum of Santal Culture

Posted on 12/07/2018 by website administrator

The non-formal Santal school Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram (RSV) was established in 1996. It has educated children of several Santal villages in Birbhum District by using a pioneering and model method of education. The Sanghas of the two Santal villages Ghosladanga … Continue reading →

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