It was one of the happiest moments for Sumi Khora aged about 7 years studies in class 3 in Nuaguda under Sambai Gram Panchayate when she got books on her mother tongue i.e. in PARAJA developed by Adivasi Ekta...
“Collective efforts always benefit” this proverb has again proved by the villagers of Mardipodi. Altogether, 48 tribal families live in this village whose main occupation is agriculture. In order to enter into this village, a stream called”Pajiheja” is there...
Self-confidence will assist to success life. “Mrs. Chanchala Hantal, President of Maa Shilabala Self Help Group of Purna Dumuriput is one of the best examples in the locality. She organized a women meeting in 2011 with an objective to...
Sustainable Option for Uplifting Livelihood project (SOUL) is being implemented in 20 villages of Kutuli, Kumbhikota and Gumma Gram Panchayats of Rayagada District since 1st May, 2013. This project is being supported by Indo Global Social Service Society (IGSSS)...
Adivasi Ekta Sasaktikaran Sammanaya (AESS), which means ‘Regional Initiative for Tribal Empowerment and Solidarity’, is functional in 238 villages across 12 Gram Panchayats under 8 blocks in Koraput district. A poverty analysis by ActionAid showed that there was a...
Target Intervention project was supported by Odisha State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) since 2009. Through this project, we have been covering 350 Female Sex Workers of Koraput, Sunabeda, Damonjodi, Semiliguda slums, Ralegada, Sunki National Highway by facilitating and linking...
Nayanamate is 17 years old and lives with her mother and grandmother in Bariguda, a small tribal village made up of fewer than 70 houses in the Koraput district of Orissa.She was born with both cerebral palsy and severe...
The village of Nuaguda, like many in Rayagada district, suffers from poor sanitation and a high drop-out rate among students. Ektas Behaviour Change Communication team, working in collaboration with UNICEF, visited it and 1,000 other villages throughout southern Orissa...
Pratush Khora is 15 years old and lives in Parjasuka village in Dasmantpur block of Koraput district. He lives with his parents, brothers and sisters. He has Cerebral Palsy and learning difficulties which restricts his movement and means he...
In 2008, Janiguda Village faced the same problems that many villages in Koraput district face. Poor sanitation leading to ill health; home deliveries of babies where there is a lack of capacity to deal with complications; many children out...