ADIVASI KURAL
COMMUNITY RADIO
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The Nilgiris District
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The Nilgiris District
In collaboration with
Adivasi Munnetra Sangam | One All
Foundation | ACCORD | GramVaani
Through our collaborative project with SwaTaleem, an organization based in Haryana, we empower historically marginalized girls aged 10 to 18 by providing them with distance education using low-resource technologies. Utilizing an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS), similar to customer service helplines, the girls can actively engage with learning material. We are also establishing automated monitoring and evaluation for the program that’ll help us track their progress over time.
The functioning of this Self Help Group is driven by the community’s own funding and administration. The women within the community make crucial decisions regarding micro-loans, repayment terms, and compliance management. Chhoti Si Asha provides guidance and supervision to the SHG, ensuring smooth implementation and overall program management. The onset of the 2019 lockdown had a profound impact on the regular operations of Chhoti Si Asha. The sales of CSA’s handicraft products experienced a significant decline, leading to reduced orders. Consequently, many women faced extended periods of unemployment due to limited opportunities for participation in handicraft production.
Through Adivasi Kural, we can:
Disseminate verified news in their own languages
Spread important information about COVID, health, education and rights to build awareness and knowledge to counter misinformation being circulated on popular communication platforms (like WhatsApp)
Preserve endangered Adivasi knowledge, culture and languages
Help with information related to accessing basic necessities of life (filling out bank forms, getting government IDs, how to call an ambulance, availing government schemes, etc.)
Create a platform that empowers people to share their own stories (experiences, news, grievances, etc.) that helps increase their self-confidence
Provide the exposure for Adivasis to understand how their own communities and the outside world function relative to each other
Create a forum for Adivasis to think about, discuss and address larger issues that they and their communities face
Create an option for people to reach out for help
During the subsequent phase, our organization provided support to the Hamara Bank initiative, enabling an increase in the number of loans disbursed. This endeavor aimed to promote financial stability and facilitate the potential for rebuilding livelihoods among community members.
In India, Scheduled Tribes (indigenous tribes, also called Adivasis) constitute 8.61% of the total population. The Nilgiris district has the highest percentage of Adivasis in Tamil Nadu (4.5%). Out of 36 Tribal communities in Tamil Nadu, 6 have been identified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 4 of these particularly vulnerable tribes – the Paniyas, Kattunayakans, Bettakurumbas and Mullakurumbas live in over 320 villages scattered across the Gudalur valley of the Nilgiri hills. There are 32,813 adivasis living in the Nilgiris – this is our current target population. We hope that we are able to reach the entire Adivasi population of Tamil Nadu which is 794,697 people strong. (Data from the 2011 Census)
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