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Women Empowerment

Amitava Ghosh

Empower Tribal Girls Through Education and Mentorship <a href="https://youtu.be/U1NwGqzKkN4?si=bMqZDvub02uZhWli" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/U1NwGqzKkN4?si=bMqZDvub02uZhWli</a> Dear Give India Community, In 2007-08, our team at Kalamandir recognized a distressing trend among tribal girls in villages around Jamshedpur. Despite receiving free education up to the School Final level, these girls often faced grim futures— early-age marriage, elopement, or even trafficking in cities. Financial constraints left their dreams of higher education shattered, as their parents struggled to afford even the most basic necessities like books, tuition fees, and transportation to colleges. Driven by a deep desire for change, we embarked on a mission to support these girls. Initially, we aided just 2 to 3 girls, providing them with college education support and partial employment opportunities. The outcomes surpassed our expectations—these girls not only completed their education but also evaded early marriages. Two of them even went on to pursue B.Ed and Postgraduate courses, proving the transformative power of education. In 2012, we formalized our efforts into a program named "Medhavini," meaning talented girls. Partnering with Tata Steel Downstream Products Limited (TSDPL) in 2014, we strengthened our resolve to empower tribal girls. Medhavini aims to instil in these girls the belief that equal opportunities can lead to extraordinary achievements, breaking the cycle of poverty and paving the way for a brighter future. Our program provides comprehensive support, covering stationery, uniforms, examination fees, and quality teaching every Sunday. We work closely with parents who pledge to postpone their daughters' marriages until they reach legal adulthood. Through holistic education and personality development sessions on weekends, we nurture these girls into confident changemakers. Since its inception, Medhavini has impacted the lives of 464 girls, with 23 successfully establishing their careers, 26 pursuing Master’s degrees, and 101 gainfully employed. But our journey is far from over. We invite philanthropists to join us in empowering one or more underprivileged tribal girls from Dumaria, East Singhbhum, to complete their graduation. Your contribution of INR 17,500 per girl per year can make a world of difference. Moreover, you can directly track the progress of the girls every Sunday through mentoring or calls. Additionally, your donation qualifies for income tax rebate under section 80G upon submission of necessary KYC documents.<img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/a4c7361f-b90c-4533-b8f1-3e3a7ba299ac.webp" /><img src="https://cfstatic.give.do/00f445c1-5a52-426c-9777-4ebae729062e.webp" />Let's unite to create a brighter, more equitable future for these deserving tribal girls. Together, we can make dreams a reality.

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Art & Culture

Our concern is to revive, preserve and promote the livelihood of the hitherto invisible tribal / traditional artistes and artisans – many  of whom are marginal farmers or agricultural labourers or  migrant / daily wage earners – thereby earning their livelihood and our Intangible Cultural Heritage. These practices and traditions give them an identity and a space in the mainstream milieu. These tribal artistes and artisans (musicians, dancers, mask makers, painters, potters, metal workers, grass mat weavers), living in poverty and neglect, are striving to sustain their respective art forms in spite of the daily challenges of a cash-strapped existence. Kalamandir has identified a total of 497 core artisan families in the Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand: Potka, Dumaria, Dhalbumgarh, Ghatsiala, Patamda, Bahragora, Seraikela, Kharsawan, Ichagarh,  –who are not considered at a macro level by Government, as our primary stakeholders. There are few thousands more beyond our canvas. 	 The present scenario of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent Lockdown has aggravated their socio economic condition drastically by bringing a sudden halt to their meagre livelihood. Our immediate concern is to hand- hold them through this crisis by providing quick relief in the form of rations and some cash for exigencies. 	 
 While planning for livelihood opportunities of the tribal and traditional artistes and artisans we focussed  on multiple development strategies towards a holistic growth through connections to the natural world, the community and humanitarian values.The eco system include a larger community of tribal and indegenous families living in forest and forest fringe villages largely depending on Minor Forest Produces. The development programme as envisaged has to have a concern for environmental sustainability:·       Rural and Heritage Tourism·       Water and Soil Conservation·       Participation in Festivals, Fairs and Exhibitions for promotion of handicrafts and cultural performances. ·       Running retail outlet Biponi by Kalamandir Saksham SHG Federation at Jamshedpur for the sale and promotion of eco-friendly sustainable handicrafts Design workshops for artisans·        Workshops on social aberrations, eg. Witch-hunting, Dowry, Wife-beating, alcoholism to sensitize field workers and thereby, the larger community.·       Documentation of oral traditions·       Medhavani programme for tutoring/grooming meritorious tribal girl childrenThe above on-going projects and programmes are being conducted in collaboration with Govt. Schemes and some corporate resources.The Covid-19 situation and subsequent lockdown has put on hold all these means of livelihood and left the artisans staring at an uncertain future, mass unemployment, zero earnings in sales/presentation/ performances and related activity – in short, hunger and starvation. Kalamandir and Team are seeking to devise alternative means of survival in a fast changing socio-economic scenario.  
 To combat the Covid-19 situation and Lockdown, Kalamandir and Team have strategized a two-pronged approach:1.  Short-term goal: to hand-hold our primary stakeholders and associates through relief distribution of food rations, sanitary kits, milk and Horlicks to infants, children and lactating mothers; awareness for prevention of Covid-19 virus as well as social distancing, books and stationery for children/students, cash for fuel and exigencies.2.  Long-term goals: To devise alternative livelihood strategies by deploying the existing skills and traditional knowledge of the artistes and artisanswith a scientific input of the market demands of a changing socio-economic environment and social order under threat of the Covid-19 pandemic:·       Traditional mask-makers can creatively make functional masks while adhering to regulatory standards and approval to meet the rising local, domestic and global demand for reusable, sustainable masks.·       With the focus on healthcare and immunity-building, organic farming and marketing of fruits and vegetables is a distinct possibility in livelihood opportunities in the agricultural sector. Seeds, manure, expertise, adequate water supply needs to be facilitated.·       Artistes, musicians and painters can assist in social awareness programmes and value-added entertainment through their modified performances.

HOLDING  HANDS (DHORO HAATH)  in East Singhbhum

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Livelihood

Since 2004, Sarla Sardar, a 43 year old Bhumij poor tribal women have been motivating 17 other women of the Janumdih village in Potka block of East Singhbhum to make grass mat out of Gonda grass. In the past 16 years, the grass mat business bestowed them with financial independence unless Covid-19 struck. Sarla along with her group of women challenged the age old system of powerful mahajans oppressing landless laborers through their grass mat making but the pandemic snatched it all.  Four  months without activity, gathering and business of their grass mats left them with erosion of little working capital that they had. The lockdown brought along with them despair and a fear of their happy past of being one of the earning members that helped their kids with education and a good upbringing. It is darkness all around as they cant begin operation without raw material and a minimum wages of Rs 4500/ to rs 5000/ per month. Bank has agreed to give them Mudra Loan for purchase of Raw materials. They need to survive for 5-6 months till the products are supplied to their Federation and they could sell it. 
 To start the production of grass mats, these women would individually need a minimum working capital of Rs 10000 per month for five months towards cost of grass, yarn, cloth. They also need a Wage of Rs5000/ per month. Thus each woman willing to get back on track with their production would need a minimum of Rs50000/ ( for raw material) + Rs25000/ as wage ie Rs 75000.00 per head as working capital as Long Term cycle of 6-7 months. They are confident that they would be able to sell it in the market. But for survival they need some cash for these 5-6 months. Money will start flowing back to them from 7th month. Then the surplus amount will act as their working Capital for future. So, we are proposing two prong dose of a Bank Loan of Rs50000/ and a donation of Rs25000/ to each of the 18 women (to be given Rs5000/ pm for 5 months ). We will hire a designer and a Master Crafts Person cum Supervisor to monitor the production qualitatively as well as quantitively. 
 Sarla along with her team would then will be able to buy grass, threads, yarn, accessories and cloth to start making mats, bags and other products.   Kalamandir- the Celluloid Chapter Art Foundation (CCAF), Jamshedpur that has been supporting these tribal SHG women in organizing the production system, designing , marketing et. But retail sales in the past four months has been nil. To support these women to get back to production, the Kalamandir –CCAF will collaborate with institutions and organizations like Tribes India and All India Women Conference (AIWC) to boost sales which will indirectly help these SHG women to be back in business.

Story of Sarla Sardar : Empower, Enterprise, Employment of tribal women in Janumdih

“Kalamandir – the Celluloid Chapter Art Foundation” was established in 1997 with a mission to play a role in reviving and nurturing the tribal and traditional heritage, culture and artifacts of Jharkhand, that is prevalent and vibrant in its primitive aesthetic content and expression. This valuable heritage is of immense historic value for anthropological interests and for research purposes; therefore it is a National Agenda that needs to be addressed. The Foundation with its well structured plan and programme seeks to create a healthier interaction and understanding of the tribal traditions, their age-old customs and rituals, their faiths and values, their songs and dances, murals and martial arts, their love for nature and zest for life, their ballads and folk lore, to re-discover the wealth and the national relevance of the tribal tradition and the rich heritage.Thus, the Foundation has, initiated a process of emotive integration of the primitive / traditional / tribal culture into the national main cultural stream without disturbing its own distinct grace and beauty. Art has always been a tool for motivation besides its potential of self-expression among community and instinctively culture and ethnicity is the most deep-rooted element in the state of Jharkhand where 32 indigenous communities live together. Beyond this we work for basic humanitarian concerns, livelihood opportunity, safeguarding Ecology/ environment among the people of the state. Organisation is concerned to the danger of urbanization and resultant migration and human trafficking.Our team is made up of individuals from the grass root level, for them Kalamandir is a forum to realize their own worth, by learning through experience, sharing and extending views and finally build their capacity. This kind of involvement is sure to help the team achieve its target, of socio-eco-cult upliftment and a better life and livelihood.

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