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...
Radhika Gouda is 20 years old and lives with her parents in village Badlikudma of Dasmantpur block, Koraput District. She is the 2nd elder daughter of the family and her father works as a farmer. When she was 15...
On 19th May – 21st May 2011 Ekta hosted a training session for Task Force members and Panchayat Raj Institions (PRIs) on Village Development Plans. The Participants were 40 Taskforce members, PRIs from Padmapur GP of Koraput Block, and...
On 20th May 2011 Ekta organised a District-level interface between People with Disabilities (PWDs) and Government Departments. The event was organised in collaboration with Spread, Word, KFA, IDS, Sahara and SEDP and was hosted at the Tribal Museum, Koraput....
For the last month, Ektas Sustainable Livelihoods Options for Rural Poor (SLORP) project has been working on a System of Rice Intensification in Tentuliguda. Farmers such as Dhanapati, who is pictured here, have been trained on how to increase...