People’s organizations

Our role in the community is to brush up the potential of the people in the tribal communities to help to bring to the fore recognition to their talents, knowledge and culture. To prepare the community to face the impact of the changing world on their agrarian society, to instill courage to voice their opinion and thoughts, to instill the skill to discern the impacts of socio-economic policies in their lives and the power to choose the changes they would like in their life rather than being passive victims of fate. Finally, facilitating organizing strength in the community to face the future collectively. Several small groups are formed according to the group’s affinity and need. Accordingly we have in the community- Women’s Self Help Groups, Farmers groups also called Udhyan Vikas Samithies, larger groups like Gram Unayan Samithies which are the Village development Committees and a combination of all small groups in the hamlets. Some other larger People’s groups that have evolved are the Mayurbhanj Khabiraj Sangha which is the District level body of Traditional Herbal medicine practitioners, the Parampariko Krushak Sangho (Traditional food growing farmers’ association) which is also a district level body of People’s movement.