“Community-driven movement can help tribal dialects survive”: Support for multi-lingual education based on children’s mother tongues – Odisha

Satyasundar Barik, The Hindu, BHUBANESWAR, June 03, 2017 Taking ownership of their rapidly fading languages is crucial for saving and reviving them | To read the full article, and to view this and other photos in full size, click here >> In dozens of nondescript tribal villages in Odisha’s Rayagada district [see Google map below], every … Read more

Designed to build effective partnerships for children’s rights: Free E-learning programme – UNICEF

“Socio-Economic Policies for Child Rights with Equity” This online learning programme aims at enhancing the theoretical understanding of UNICEF staff, partners and the general public on public policy and development issues, to strengthen our ability to apply this knowledge in the design and implementation of policies and programmes, and in the building of effective partnerships … Read more

Success stories voiced at the international “Samvaad” conclave of young tribal leaders: Workshops on legal rights, livelihood, culture, peace-building, environment and education – Jharkhand

Tribal leaders from across the globe speak up at a conclave in Jamshedpur With depleting forests, no source of livelihood and lack of basic amenities, the tribal people of Payvihir village in the foothills of Melghat, Maharashtra were migrating to towns. Upset by this disturbing trend, Ram Lal Kale and some other youth from the … Read more

“Rare glimpses of rural cultural heritage”: Forest-dwelling tribal culture festival – Goa

Rajendra P Kerkar, The Times of India, 11 December 2017 Goa’s forest-dwelling tribal culture, traditional cuisine and ethnobotanical (regional plants) heritage was on display at the two-day lokotsav organised by Adarsh yuvak sangh at Amona in Canacona. Held on the left bank of River Talpona, this tribal festival is running since over a decade and attracts … Read more

Tip | Understanding the social and cultural context for India’s tribal communities – Facts & news roundup

Source: Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentAddress: http://mhrd.gov.in/Date Visited: Mon Sep 11 2017 19:36:35 GMT+0200 (CEST) The disadvantage faced by girls and children belonging to Scheduled Cast and Scheduled tribes has its basis cultural and traditional factors as well as social discrimination at the school. | To read the full report, click here >> … Read more