Initiatives

The first step to getting access to government schemes is to have an official ID. With our partner, Vanasi Vikasa Kendra, we arranged for the provision of proper documentation through an Aadhar camp. Conducted in 4 different hamlets of Attapadi, we enrolled 1,200 people for Aadhar cards. We also held sessions explaining the significance and usage of the legal documents.

Having used organic forms of healing, we thought Ayurveda would be the right way of providing them access to healthcare. With our partners, Vanavasi Vikasa Kendra and Aahalya Hospitals, we organized monthly Ayurvedic health camps in 5 tribal hamlets, where the doctors gave ayurvedic remedies and medicine for almost 200 people from each hamlet.

The tribal communities don't have sufficient access to electricity so we decided to provide them with solar cookers. We held two sessions where volunteers made DIY Solar Cookers and then distributed them in the tribal settlements of Kabini. One session was in a Housing Community, Chaitanya La Grove, and one in a Corporate, Capgemini.

In a rural Anganwadi, we collaborated with NGO United Way, to organise a special session on the importance of the girl child as a part of the schooling curriculm. All the children and parents of that settlement were invited to attend.

Tribal people are the ones who are spiritually connected to nature, so it is essential that they become the frontline warriors in the fight for climate change. We held a plantation drive in Coorg to allow the indigenous people to preserve and grow their forests.

Employment is still raw in the indigenous settlements. We set up two college units, of tailoring and computer science education, to equip the tribal people with vocational skills and better chances of employment.

We facilitated the sales of tribal handicrafts by providing tribal artisans access to markets around India. This raised around ₹40,000, which was used by the indigenous artisans to sustain themselves.

We conducted a workshop where we taught the tribal people how to make an umbrella, to equip them with skills that could help make income. The umbrellas made were sold in Kerala and Karnataka, raising another ₹10,000.

We are focusing on the documentation of the diverse cultures and traditions within the tribal settlements we have visited. The objective is to utilize this documentation to both preserve the endangered cultures and raise awareness about their inherent beauty. So far, we've documented the cultures of around 10 different communities in detail.