Keystone Tables at Sargotsavam Art Festival
By Aswathy G.V, Community Research Fellow, Nilambur The Sargotsavam Art festival, held from December 27th to 29th, 2024, at Mananthavady Higher Secondary School, Wayanad, celebrated the artistic and cultural heritage of tribal communities, exclusively featuring children from tribal backgrounds. Keystone, the only civil society organization invited to the event, made a remarkable contribution with its […]
APEX Workshops in Nepal, October 2024
By Rohan Mukerjee, Agriculture and Advocacy, Eastern India Programme Coordinator, Networks & Alliances and Ramachandran K G, Programme Coordinator, Community Wellbeing APEX Workshops in Nepal, October 2024 In October, Rohan Mukerjee and Ramachandran K G visited Nepal for a gathering of Asian People’s Exchange for Food Sovereignty and Agroecology (APEX Network). APEX organized 2 back-to-back workshops […]
Bridging Generations: Passing Traditional Knowledge with the Village Elder Program
By Jyoti Patale, Eastern India Team Consultant Cover photo credit: Satyajeet Sabar Knowledge can exist outside formal education, yet traditional knowledge is often overlooked in today’s educational models. To address this, Keystone Foundation runs the Village Elder Program. Through the Forest Education initiative in Eastern India, we have conducted village elder program in 4 villages. The program bridges […]
Kitchen Gardens & Community Forest Protection in Kheria Sabar
By Dhananjay Mandi, Eastern India Team Community Forest Protection in Chequa Sabar Para CRP Rampada Sabar has been working with the villagers of Chequa Sabar Para to promote protection and conservation of their forest resources. Chequa Sabar Para, home to 32 Kheria Sabar families is located in Buribandh Panchayat, Manbazar II Block, Purulia District, West […]
September Area Level Stakeholder Meetings, East Singhbhum
Header photo credit: Kapra Mahali Area Level Stakeholder Meeting in Tambajhuri By Baby Patar and Jagabandhu Sanda A stakeholder meeting was held on 24th August 2024 at the Panchayat building, Forest Block, Tambajuri in Musabani Block, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The meeting was organized by Baby Patar (Community resource person) and Jagabandhu Sanda (Consultant Eastern India […]
Using Diversity Regional Meeting Held in Mananthavady
By Ramachandran K.G., Governance and Livelihoods, Programme Coordinator This year’s Using Diversity Western Ghats regional meeting was held for two days in Mananthavady. The Using Diversity Network is a coalition of voluntary organizations that has been working at the national level since 1996. The association works to promote agro-biodiversity and document the knowledge of edible […]
Strengthening Community Engagement: Saraikela Area-Level Meeting
By Jyoti Patale, Eastern India Team Consultant, Networks and Alliances An area-level meeting was held on 27th August, 2024 at Hatnada, Saraikela, facilitated by Budheshwar Mahato, a Community Resource Person, Keystone Foundation. This meeting brought together participants from 10 villages (Hatnada,Saradabeda,Kalajhor, Udaipur,Jungali Khas, Palobeda, Rearda, Barshida, Kashida, Lapaibeda) including post office officials, forest guards, village […]
Forest Education Session by Satyajeet in Purulia, West Bengal
By Jyoti Patale, Eastern India Team Consultant Satyajeet Sabar, a community resource person with Keystone Foundation from Purulia, West Bengal, led a series of interactive forest education sessions with children from community learning centres (CLCs) and girls from the Paschim Banga Kheria Sabar Kalyan Samity (PBKSKS) hostel. After undergoing specific training and orientation in forest education, Satyajeet designed […]
Water Conservation Efforts and Community Feedback in Jharkhand
By Jagabandhu Sanda, Baby Patar, Kapra Mahali, Sulekha Rani Mahato, Dulari Hansda and Budheswar Mahato Keystone Foundation has been working in several villages of East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts of Jharkhand to promote Agroecology, Natural and Ecological Farming practices. Agriculture continues to be an integral part of the lives of the communities we work with […]
Forest Education Orientation & Training Workshop in West Bengal
By Jyoti Patale, Eastern India Team Consultant, Networks and Alliances The first orientation and training workshop on Forest Education for Eastern India was held on July 25th, 2024, at the PBKSKS (Paschim Banga Kheria Sabar Kalyan Samity) office in Rajnowagarh, Purulia, West Bengal. 34 members attended the workshop, including teachers from Community Learning Centres (CLCs) […]
