From degraded farms to diversified livelihoods, a 51-acre restoration effort in the buffer zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve shows how portfolio-based philanthropy can support ecological recovery and community wellbeing.
A financial literacy workshop in Kanha began with budgeting and savings. It soon became a conversation about family, responsibility, aspirations, and who gets included in financial conversations.
In the buffer zone of the Kanha Tiger Reserve, 907 mothers from 39 Mata Samitis (Mothers’ Committees) have transformed informal discussions into organised community action — repairing classrooms, improving school attendance, and pushing local authorities to deliver change.
A biodiversity programme in the buffer zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve is finding that when teaching starts from what families already know, ecological learning, cultural practice and community participation strengthen one another.
What began as a conversation about a leaking classroom in Madhya Pradesh became a catalyst for a wider process that has, over time, brought together over 1,000 mothers across 39 Mothers’ Committees – reshaping schools, homes and futures in the buffer zone of the Kanha Tiger Reserve.
https://idronline.org/article/agriculture/photo-essay-what-stands-in-the-way-of-indias-millet-revolution/ Despite strong policy signals, millet farmers lack the necessary infrastructure and support to address the challenges faced in harvesting, processing, and storing the grains. India spearheaded the United Nations’ resolution to designate 2023 as the International Year of Millets. This was in honour of the small-seeded grasses that have been cultivated and consumed in the […]
Empowering Indigenous Mothers:The ‘Mata Samiti’ Initiative Revolutionizing Education in Kanha LandscapeBy – Mohit Shukla and Prashant Parsai
https://india.mongabay.com/2024/03/millet-tradition-loses-flavour-among-madhya-pradeshs-tribals/?amp=1 In the expansive compound surrounding Sundi Bai Uike’s hut made from a mixture of clay and cow dung, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a row of 10 oxen stands tethered to a central pole. The ground beneath them is strewn with dry stalks of kodo millet. Upon command, the oxen walk […]
Curricula can be infused with scientific and technical know-how alongside indigenous and local knowledge. The cross-cutting imperative should be to foster critical thinking instead of rote learning so that the next generation can embrace complexity and make informed choices. Instead of mirroring a broken development paradigm predicated on an extractive relationship with nature, India can […]
There is much to learn from how their relationship with natural resources is regulated by natural rhythms and cycles. India’s varied forest habitat is a giant tinderbox that can release vast amounts of carbon dioxide, imperilling lives and livelihoods. But, if safeguarded and thoughtfully expanded, these very forests could be vital in slowing down the […]
