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Springs flow, birds sing, forests breathe in hundreds of acres of parched land

Women’s perseverance and resolve brings a village together and revives a spring. KNOW MORE

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The unrelenting efforts of a young woman is making her community water secure

Shantilata is recognized as a woman water champion for her exemplary work on sustainability of water sources. KNOW MORE

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Community action for strengthening springs

A village community is on a path to reverse water scarcity by planting trees and protecting water sources. KNOW MORE

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To save their only spring, an Adivasi community unites to plant trees

A community unites to plant trees to increase forest cover and recharge their only spring. KNOW MORE

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Counting every single drop of the unseen water

Adivasi youth across 700+ villages in Odisha are on a mission to map ground-water sources. KNOW MORE

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The unrelenting efforts of a young woman is making her community water secure

Shantilata is recognized as a woman water champion for her exemplary work on sustainability of water sources. READ MORE

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Adivasi communities develop unused public land for horticulture-based livelihoods

Adivasi communities raise fruit bearing trees in unused village land as a way of sustainable, alternative livelihoods.

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Expectant mothers cross the river to get COVID information from Anganwadi Centers

Regular outreach at Anganwadi centres reach expectant and young mothers from remote adivasi habitations get COVID information.

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Health education and camps reduce malaria cases and mortality

Khond Adivasi communities learn to take the necessary precautions, and trust government health service providers to fight malaria.

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Community cadres to provide accounting and auditing services to village development committees

Village Lekha Mitra, specialised cadre of community professionals, are developing skills in accounting and auditing to provide services to Village Development Committees.

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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.

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A newly acquired skill of a cadre that guarantees safe water to the entire community

Village youths are selected and trained as cadres to test water quality.

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Self-determined women in groups come together to create sustainable livelihoods

Women in groups taking initiatives to start small enterprises like poultry farming, mushroom cultivation, providing personal loans, promoting nutrition garden and clean living space.

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User-centred design accelerates adoption of behaviour change in child faeces management

The age long belief of child faeces being harmless could change with introduction of an user-designed and locally made model of child toilet.

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Adolescent girls break the taboo to lead conversations on menstrual health in their families

Adolescent groups are formed and established to sensitize on menstrual hygiene management and reproductive health.

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Local Solutions contributing to global problems

Child committees and youth groups in our partner villages are taking small steps to promote waste free and clean living environments.

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A long ordeal came to an end as women safeguarded their right to safe sanitation

Women in Bileipada Mainsahi voiced out to claim their right to sanitation and convinced all to build the infrastructure.

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The unrelenting efforts of a young woman is making her community water secure

Shantilata is recognized as a woman water champion for her exemplary work on sustainability of water sources.

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Water supply during the pandemic time benefitted community multitudinously

Families in our partner villages felt protected and safe because of the water and sanitation facilities along with the backyard garden.

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Three women’s persistence solves the water crisis in a village

Women of Ghodaghaguri village fight the men, and go door-to-door for over a year to convince their community to get piped water supply to every household.

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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 an Implementation Support Agency (ISA) for the JJM programme in Odisha, Gram Vikas will support institution building and participatory planning for sustainable drinking water in 7769 villages.

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