Opportunities @ Millet Programme in Odisha

We believe that there is an urgent need to revive native food systems of adivasi communities. Millets are one of those foods which played an important role in food security and cultural heritage of adivasi communities. One of our initiative, reviving millets in tribal areas of odisha is now grounded this kharif. Core objective of...

Opportunity with Wassan in Odisha

We believe that natural food systems and integrated farming practices of adivasi farmers  especially in rainfed tracts are in danger. Their traditional food systems and cultural practices closely associated with crops are slowly disappearing.    These changes are having profound effect , in most cases , not a good one. Adivasi farmers are also becoming...

A Film about ‘SOLAR POWERED THINGS IN NEED OF REPAIR’ by APU Alumni

A SHORT FILM ABOUT SOLAR POWERED THINGS IN NEED OF REPAIR Solar energy is transforming the lives of people around the world who live without access to electricity. But what happens to the solar revolution when technology breaks down? The Solar Fix is a short film that follows the afterlives of solar technology across three villages...

A Real Man!

Originally posted @ http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/34140 Arjun* is a community health worker who has been working in a remote, hilly region in the state of Odisha, India, for the past 10 years. This region is primarily inhabited by indigenous communities, known as Adivasis, and has had relatively poorer health outcomes until the past decade, when the Government...