“The goal is to prepare some model students in our villages, so that others will be inspired to follow them.” – Santal educationist Boro Baski in “Long-term success of non-formal Adivasi school in West Bengal” (D+C Development and Cooperation, 2 July 2009)
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Ratha Duria from Rishabh Raghavan on Vimeo. Ratha Duria discusses his solar energy run kiosk in Gunpur, Kalahandi, Orissa and the need for such interventions. “We looked at a few solutions that would be cost effective and less effort to access these simple services [i.e. photo copying and taking photographs for identity cards] run on solar and in … Read more
A health program for the people by the people | For up-to-date information about Ashwini’s Community Health Programme, click here >> The intervention on the Health situation of Adivasis started with the training of tribal women as Health Workers. Tribal women, who were till the other day, considered only as manual workers, suddenly became the … Read more
Dr. Boro Baski For the Santals, an Adivasi community in eastern India and Bangladesh, herding is traditionally a way to teach the young generation values and rules. School education is becoming ever more important however, and herding is becoming economically unviable. […] Moreover, they play the flute and sing, and they share stories and incidents … Read more
Video by Julian Silverman & Leo Dale © 2011 The Adivasi Academy in Gujarat, India is a centre of academic excellence for the participation and empowerment of tribal communities