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Informed choices helping youth design their future better

Migration Resource Centre is helping migrant workers know their skills and choose their work at the job destination. KNOW MORE

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Making banks accessible to migrant workers

Migration-dependent households in remote rural Odisha take the first steps towards accessing banking services. KNOW MORE

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Community Champions enable safe and dignified migration in rural Odisha

A network of Community Champions support safe and dignified migration for migrant workers from remote villages in Kalahandi, Odisha. KNOW MORE

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Enabling safe migration and dignified livelihoods for rural youth

Daily wage workers train as professional geriatric caregivers to access better livelihood opportunities across India. KNOW MORE

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Job cards help returnee migrants find work during COVID-19

80,403 households across rural Odisha learn about social protection schemes, and 21,194 access its benefits during COVID-19. KNOW MORE

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Job cards help returnee migrants find work during COVID-19

80,403 households across rural Odisha learn about social protection schemes, and 21,194 access its benefits during COVID-19. READ MORE

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Making banks accessible to migrant workers

Migration-dependent households in remote rural Odisha take the first steps towards accessing banking services. READ MORE

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A village transforms a rain-fed pond into a fish farm to earn higher incomes

Small and marginal landholders undertake fish farming in village ponds to boost household incomes and village funds.

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Gram Vikas to build community capacities in water supply systems across 7769 villages under Jal Jeevan Mission

As a Key Resource Center in the JJM programme, Gram Vikas will build community capacities in 7769 villages across four districts to ensure adequate supply of safe drinking water to every household and plan for water source sustainability.

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Local volunteers fight COVID misinformation to get remote village communities timely and needed care

Local volunteers trained by Gram Vikas undertake door-to-door surveillance to support the fight against the pandemic.

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Job cards help returnee migrants find work during COVID-19

80,403 households across rural Odisha learn about social protection schemes, and 21,194 access its benefits during COVID-19.

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Widow pension after a year of follow-up

7952 people, from 1200 villages, get access to social protection due to a focused COVID-19 response campaign in rural Odisha.

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Overburdened Community Health Centre receives support from Gram Vikas staff

Gram Vikas staff step in to assist community health centres in crowd management, sensitisation, and raising vaccine awareness.

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Tech-enabled Learning Centers bridge the digital divide in rural Odisha

39 technology-equipped Learning Centers in four districts are helping students continue education during the school shutdown.

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Making banks accessible to migrant workers

Migration-dependent households in remote rural Odisha take the first steps towards accessing banking services.

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Fighting misconceptions to promote COVID vaccination uptake in Rayagada district

Gram Vikas staff conducted meetings with local villagers in Gunupur block on vaccine efficacy.

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WhatsApp Groups in 13 languages take COVID awareness to Adivasi communities

WhatsApp Groups in 13 local languages bridge COVID information gap among Adivasi communities.

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Gram Vikas volunteers drive vaccinations and strengthen COVID management

Gram Vikas trained volunteers support the frontline health workers during the door-to-door COVID-19 surveillance in their villages and encourage eligible individuals to take vaccines.

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Smart Community Interface technology enables online learning possible in no network zones

First generation learners study at technology equipped Learning Centres in remote Odisha during COVID lockdown.

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Understanding COVID-19 – situation and effects – numbers from remote, rural Odisha

A second round of assessment was done in six districts of Odisha covering 15,595 households in 281 villages, 72 Gram Panchayats, 21 blocks to understand the COVID-19 situation and effects.

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Gram Vikas COVID-19 Response June 2021 Progress Update

Gram Vikas has reached out to about 45,000 households in 1043 habitations in 116 Gram Panchayats across 8 districts in the five weeks since the COVID-19 Response started in May 2021.

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Grassroots community volunteers lead the fight against COVID-19 in remote rural Odisha

Community Volunteers trained by Gram Vikas are working to reach half a million people across 12 districts in Odisha to register them for vaccination on CoWIN.

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Gram Vikas COVID-19 Response May 2021 Progress Update

Gram Vikas has reached out to about 30,000 households in 668 habitations in 88 Gram Panchayats of 22 Blocks of Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Kandhamal and Kalahandi districts from first week of May 2021.

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Gram Vikas sets up COVID Care Centre in remote rural Odisha

A cluster-level COVID Care Centre set up by Gram Vikas is augmenting the local healthcare infrastructure in one of the poorest parts of the Kalahandi district in southwest Odisha.