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Water ushers in a new dawn in the life of Raidih’s farmers

Raidih's farmers embrace sustainable agriculture and irrigation advancements, heralding a prosperous, water-efficient era in farming. KNOW MORE

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How access to water changed the fortunes of Ghodaghaguri’s women

Access to improved and sustainable water supply unleashes untapped potential of women in Godhaghaguri village. KNOW MORE

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Remote village communities of Lanjigarh reduce groundwater contamination

Regular monitoring of water, safe sanitation and hygiene improves water quality in Kalahandi’s Lanjigarh block. KNOW MORE

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Village water supply systems move communities towards better health and wellbeing

Reliable, safe piped water supply bring better health and wellbeing for two village communities. KNOW MORE

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Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) test aids Kamapalli residents identify a good source for drinking water

Groundwater exploration proves to be a boon for residents of Kamapalli village KNOW MORE

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Study highlights the devastation wrought by the pandemic on migrant workers from Odisha

On 24 March 2020, Government of India announced a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease. It restricted the movement of a billion people and shut down the economy. The lockdown left millions of migrant labourers stranded, without jobs and unprepared to cope with the fallouts. Gram Vikas and the Centre for […]

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Kitchen gardens keep families fed and healthy during the lockdown

Food from the backyard gardens are keeping families fed during the pandemic related lockdown.

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Babita finds a livelihood opportunity in preventing the coronavirus spread

Women in villages of Odisha are using their time to make protective gear to keep their communities safe while earning an income.

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Migration changes Purna Majhi’s life

Migration helps men from rural Odisha save enough to start businesses and stay back home.

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The pandemic encourages Swapna to pursue higher education

Women from remote, tribal Odisha who migrated to cities have decided to discontinue working and choose education instead.

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Piped water supply keeps the Kutrapalli village community safe during the pandemic

67,000 households in rural Odisha are staying safe because they solved the water crises in their villages much before the onset of the pandemic.

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₹ 10,000 monthly income likely to reduce out-migration from Odisha

A new study on post-lockdown coping strategies of migrant workers from Odisha. With a poverty ratio of 32.6%, migration for work has been a key survival strategy for millions of poor from rural Odisha. Gram Vikas and Centre for Migration and Inclusive Development spoke to 392 migrant workers from Odisha stranded in different states of […]

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I am not sure what I will do going forward

Ramesh and his family worry about their future. He feels he may not have work after a few months. He has not been able to save much either. But more heartbreaking is his helplessness. He feels nothing can be done about the situation.

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15,845 people supported in the first 45 days of the pandemic

Gram Vikas’ COVID-19 pandemic response work reached vulnerable rural poor with health awareness and screening, survival kits for families of daily wage workers, support for livelihood security and local government actions; and ensuring the wellbeing of stranded migrant workers from Odisha.

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All we want is for him to return safe.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left Mohan Majhi stranded in Kerala, where he went to work in a construction firm. His family has to cope with the uncertainty of the fallout on their own while taking care of an infant.

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Systematic, swift data collection helps reach out to migrant workers stranded due to the COVID-19 lockdown

The Government of Odisha announced a partial lock-down on 22 March 2020 due to which several of Gram Vikas offices were closed. Subsequent to the national level lock-down, all our offices have been closed and staff members are working from home. All Management Team members are working from home and keeping in touch with each […]

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Telephone helpline, local government linkages, individual outreach support stranded migrant workers

As part of our work on Safe Migration, Gram Vikas already had built a database of workers who had migrated to Kerala from villages in our operational area in Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi district. A 3-member team in Bhubaneswar aided by one management team member who was at his home in Kerala worked together […]

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COVID-19 pandemic threatens livelihood security of village communities

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to joblessness and a looming fear of livelihood insecurity amongst the rural poor from Gram Vikas villages. A large number of men have been forced to return to their native villages in Ganjam, Gajapati and Kalahandi districts from other states like Kerala and Karnataka. Most of them were engaged […]

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A village walks into the light

The story of electrifying a remote tribal village, Maligaon in Odisha, by renewing a defunct solar microgrid.

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Sanitation warriors of Bandhaguda

Women of Bandhaguda, a small village in Ganjam district of Odisha, India, tells you how they built the toilets, manage the system and ensure safe sanitation behaviour in their community.

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The Walking Stick

“The hidden agenda was to address the problem of exclusion, but the open agenda was to see that people got quality water and sanitation facilities in rural areas,” Joe Madiath. Watch the Skoll Foundation’s interview with Joe Madiath on how Gram Vikas was built, 41 years ago, to find equity through water and sanitation.

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Study finds higher toilet use and lower rates of child diseases as a result of Gram Vikas’ combined water-sanitation programme in Odisha villages

A joint research by LSHTM, KIIT and Emory University found improvements in toilet use and coverage, better child faeces management and reduced diseases among children in selected programme villages of Gram Vikas. Lack of clean water and poor sanitation and hygiene habits such as open defecation and unsafe child faeces disposal in rural households exposes […]

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Can micro-automatic weather stations enhance lives and livelihoods of rural communities in India?

Micro-automatic weather stations to help farmers predict the weather with greater accuracy in addition to supporting non-farm livelihoods and helping women better plan their day.

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