Community Wellbeing and Governance Updates from Nilambur November 2024
By Faseela V., Additional Programme Coordinator, Community Wellbeing Legal Volunteer Training Programs: A legal volunteer training program was organized for selected young women and youth of Puthur, Sholayur and Agali panchayats of Atappadi block on 4/11/2024 and 5/11/2024. The program was organized under the leadership of Keystone Foundation in collaboration with Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society. […]
CFR Training in Puthur Panchayat
By Faseela V., Governance, Additional Programme Coordinator, Community Wellbeing A two-day training program related to Community Forest Rights Act was organized for the 3 FRC Committees of Puthur Panchayat on 28/10/2024 and 29/10/2024 at the Community Hall of Gotiyarkandi Village, Puthur Panchayat, Attappadi Block, Palakkad District. 64 people participated in the program. Mr. Sunil Kumar, […]
SIVA Trust Exposure Visit to Keystone
By Bagavanidhi M., Additional Programme Coordinator, Community Wellbeing September 8, 2024 Header credit: Bharathi Kumarasamy, SIVA Trust 30 Tribal community representatives from Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri Districts, along with staff from SIVA Trust who are working on the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006, visited Keystone Foundation for two days in September as an exposure visit. On […]
Booklet Release: Habitat Rights of PVTG and Pre-Agricultural communities
By Bijishna T.K., Project Implementation Coordinator, Community Wellbeing The booklet named ‘Habitat Rights of PVTG and Pre-Agricultural communities’, written by Keystone Foundation’s K. G Ramachandran, was officially published by the Hon. District Collector of Wayanad Dr. Renu Raj IAS this month. The booklet is intended to provide basic awareness on the habitat rights of PVTG […]
Community Forest Rights Claims Urukoottam in Narangapoyil, Nilambur
By Faseela Vazhapra, Additional Programme Coordinator, Governance, Community Wellbeing In Nilambur, Keystone conducted a community forest rights (CFR) claims submission Urukoottam at Narangapoyil Village, a Paniya community in Pothukallu Panchayat. This programme was inaugurated by Nilambur Block Panchayath president Miss. Pushpavalli teacher, with the application submitted to the Malappuram Sub-Divisional Level Committee (SDLC) Chairperson Mis. Apurva […]
Post CFR Awareness and Development Needs Consultation Meeting
By Bagavanidhi M., Grassroots Governance & Additional Programme Coordinator, Community Wellbeing Last year, 27 tribal Gram Sabhas under the Coimbatore North Revenue Division in Coimbatore District were granted Community Rights (Form B) under the Forest Rights Recognition Act of 2006. In this case, a post-CFR possibilities consultation meeting was facilitated by the Keystone Foundation Community […]
May Updates from Community Wellbeing: FRA and Youth Trainings
By Bagavanidhi M., Grassroots Governance, Community Wellbeing Forest Rights Act Trainings: This month, we successfully completed the campaign on IFR and Development Rights for FRC members through workshops in all our working villages including Aracode, Konavakarai, Coonoor, Sigur, Kadambur, and Pillur. Youth Trainings: A 2 day training on creating youth groups, social movements and leadership […]
Climate Resilient Agricultural Calendars – A Necessity of the Times
May 1, 2024 By Muhammad Rafi Wayanad is one of the 14 districts of Kerala. Wayanad is also a part of the Western Ghats at an altitude of 700 meters to 2100 meters above sea level and has a different topography compared to other districts of Kerala. As the name Wayanad, which means land of […]
Community Forest Rights Granted in Pillur, in a First for Tamil Nadu
December 10, 2022 By Community Well-being team In a groundbreaking motion and a first for Tamil Nadu, 13 villages in Pillur region were granted Community Forest Rights (CFR) in late November. This achievement is following decades of dedicated activism and grassroots work by Keystone’s Community Wellbeing team, local Forest Rights Committees (FRC) and local government […]
Faseela Receives an Award for Governance Work in Nilambur
November 26, 2022 By Keystone Field Centre – Nilambur Faseela V., from our Governance team at Nilambur in Kerala’s Malappuram district, has been chosen as the recipient of the All India Adivasi Mahasabha Awards! Every year, the committee of this tribal government wing, chooses three dedicated people for health, community service and media work. Faseela, […]
