Village: Jhumuka Gram Panchayat: Kutuli Block/District: Rayagada Collective and planned initiative always brings success. This has again proved by the Village Action Team (VAT) members of Jhumuka village, Rayagada in Odisha. Jhumuka village had one old and damaged...
Rs 28 lakhs sanctioned from Integrated Tribal Development Agency helps build a check dam in Jhumuka Tribal Village in Rayagada Jhumuka is a revenue village of Kutuli Gram Panchat of Rayagada district. 73 Schedule Tribe (Kandha) families inhabit the...
Rs 4 lakhs sanctioned from NREGA to construct farm ponds in Himarpodi village, Rayagada District of Odisha. “Now we will be able to cultivate throughout the year”, Dhansi Mandangi, VAT President, Himarpodi. Himarpodi is a revenue village of Kumbhikota...
Ananta Gouda aged about 25 years locomotor (Polio) disability is a resident of Ghodador village under Kendar Panchayat of Koraput block. At the tender age, he had the dream that he will not burden on others for fulfilling his...
Karanguda is situated in Mahadeiput Panchayat under Koraput block where Raghunath Nayak, a tribal resides as village headman (Nayak). Being the head, he has been playing vital role of mobilizing and organizing the community during various occasions. Besider that,...
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...