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Since generations' advancement in technology has been expanding, still the basic needs of millions of people are unfulfilled. Water, air, land are the life supporting natural resources gifted to man. With the passage of time and advancement in technology, the means of betterment of life have been explored and implemented at many places. The resource availability and need to harness have been felt by the community and at several places, even without the interventions from outside. Certain areas are deficient in such resource and are underdeveloped. The socio economic development in the absence of basic needs has lagged these communities behind in a state of low quality of life..... more 

PEOPLES DECLARATION AGAINST WATER PRIVATIZATION

Water is life, it is a gift of nature. The access and right to water is a natural basic right of all living beings....Water cannot to be treated as a commodity and traded for profit. People shall have the right to freedom from thirst and shall have adequate access to water for all of their sustainable living needs. Water is the sacred common heritage of the people to be nurtured, conserved, used sustainably and shared equitably.... Experiences all over the world reveal quite convincingly that water, which is "life", is being commodified privatized, and brought under corporate control. Water cannot be treated as private property or an asset to be bought and sold.... more

A PAPER ON COMMUNICATION - The People with whom we work

Different ethnic tribal groups namely Kondhs, Gadavas, Konda Dora’s, Porojas, Bhotras and so many other social groups. These tribal groups have their own language of communication. However, Oriya is their state language. The tribes who have accepted the Hindu way of life, the assimilated, the sanskritised, economically developed are able to move in the social hierarchy, and attain higher economic status and are considered as the leaders and they speak Oriya. The people who are unable to speak Oriya develop inferiority complex and feel always insecure and lower........ more

A PERSONAL GLIMPSE OF EXPLOITATION OF ADHIVASIS

The district of Koraput in Orissa State is one of the largest districts in India......Koraput district is heavily populated with adhivasis and harijans. The total population according to 1971 census was about 20,43,281 of which 53.34 percent are adhivasis. Of the total population of the state, the adhivasi and harijan communities comprise of 38.21 percent (24.11% are adhivasis and 14.10% are harijans). Nearly 80% of them live in rural areas engaging themselves primarily in agriculture...... more

CREATING AWARENESS AMONG THE PEOPLE FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

(This article was broadcasted through All India Radio, Jeypore at - 8.10 PM on 10.08.1986)

Since independence the government has launched many scheme on development activities emphasizing programmes to lower the gap between the rich and the poor and narrow the disparity between the have and the have-nots in an orderly systematic five year plans......No doubt, India has progressed to a level to compete other developed nations in industrialization, agriculture, science, technology, and modernization. On the contrary majority of them are poverty striken, illiterates, ill health and powerless. It is a fact that, every year crores of money is spent in assisting the poor families in a view to improve their economic condition and eventually raise them form below the poverty line.... more 

DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION AMONG THE POOR

It is imperative, to seek ways and means of developing an educational pattern where the majority will have an opportunity, to know what is happening to them, to participate and to struggle in order to change the systems making them poor rather than emphasizing on formal education though literacy may be necessary at a stage....

The purpose of education is to bring growth to an individual and thus to the large society. The majority of the people learn form their own experiences.

Education can be classified into five kinds: 1. Home education (oral and traditional) 2. Caste based education, 3.Formal education, 4.Non-formal education, 5. Development education.... more

SOCIOLOGICAL & ECCLESIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE - HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

India is one of the largest democracies in the world and it is proud of its human resources. It abodes nearly 960 million people with diversified cultures and a multi religious society. By the new millennium, we will be a billion. Indian history is a history of colonial domination and resistance. Soon after the Second War, the world witnessed great events of national independence and an era of modern development. The modern trend in development has been the technological advancement of the Northern nations and their consequent domination over the people of the earth in the decades following the war. more

The popular needs of the people in terms of employment and production remains in a mess. The long standing point about the vast majority of our people is the lack of purchasing power to secure their minimum needs even in respect of food- leave alone shelter, clothing and medicare.

The twenty point programme covers a lot of ground and honest implementation will certainly bring about noticeable change in people's lives.  more

This paper is the outcome of our experience and insights gained while exploring alternatives in the field of development, community health, people's organization and leadership.

The Project Programme is the result of a scientific study carried out extensively in the area of operation i.e., Koraput District, Orissa, India. At every level of planning of the Programme, people's participation was enlisted. more

DALIT WOMEN

I was  born  a Girl in this World.                        

- I am called a Minus

I was born in a Dalit Community                       

- Am I a Curse in this society?

These questions haunt us when we remember our childhood days. .......We have realised that the best protection is a little money earned and saved of our own.   A skill in hand has brought lot of changes in our lives  more