Community facilities

“Santiniketan is in many ways a pioneering step in the field of education and rural reconstruction. Located in the heart of nature amongst Hindu, Muslim, and Santali villages which were in ‘serious decline’ despite a rich cultural heritage, the school, from almost its beginning aimed to combine education with a sense of obligation towards the larger civic community.” – UNESCO World Heritage Centre website
https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5495/
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=4348

Audio | Learning an indigenous language “as any other language, which breaks down to a set of rules that you can learn bit by bit” – Canada

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Speaking Ojibwe an ‘act of defiance’ says 19-year-old language teacher | Read or listen to the full story >> Aandeg Muldrew is the the University of Manitoba’s youngest sessional instructor, teaching Introductory Ojibwe. (Submitted by Maeengan Linklater) Muldrew, who lives in Winnipeg, started learning the language from his grandmother when he was 10. She invited … Read more

A place where to experience the “wonder and aesthetics in rural and tribal life”: Shilpgram (Udaipur) – Rajasthan

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SHILPGRAM UDAIPUR – THE CRAFT VILLAGE (THE ARTISAN’S VILLAGE) | Learn more >> Situated 3 kms west of Udaipur near the Havala village is the Centre’s Shilpgram – the Rural Arts and Crafts Complex. Spread over an undulating terrain of 130 bighas (70 Acres) of land and surrounded by the Aravallies, the Rural Arts and Crafts … Read more

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

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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

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“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

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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