Keystone Supports Indigenous Women Through GAGGA Fellowship
August 2, 2023 By Divya Kilikar, Anagha C. & P. Chandran In April this year, Keystone was offered the opportunity to choose 10 indigenous and local women from our working areas for an eight-month fellowship with the People and Nature Fund by Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA). The women, who were nominated […]
Field Visits to Establish Pilot Multilayer Farming in Jharkhand
June 23, 2023 By Rohan MukerjeeProgramme Coordinator – Networks & Alliances Keystone’s Eastern India initiative that seeks to promote traditional and organic agriculture practices is currently involved in the beginnings of an initiative to set up pilot multilayer farming plots across several project areas: Musabani block, East Singhbhum district; Saraikela block, Saraikela-Kharswan district; Manoharpur block, […]
Bees for Development Garden Party Fundraiser
June 15, 2023 By Pratim Roy & Shiny Rehel Founder-Director & Senior Programme Director (Biodiversity) On June 14, UK-based organization and Keystone’s long-term partner Bees for Development organised their bee garden party fundraiser in central London. Hosted by journalist Martha Kearney, Member of Parliament Gyles Brandreth and celebrity auctioneer Charlie Ross, the party brought together […]
Trekking Through Saranda with Community Youth
March 25, 2023 By Rohan Mukerjee, Programme Coordinator, Networks & Alliances On an early spring morning in March, I accompanied young Amit Jamuda for a trek through the Darka Daa forest area surrounding Mamar village, in the Saranda forest, Manoharpur Block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand. Amit is Keystone’s Community Resource Person who is studying in […]
Solar Drinking Water Supply Setup in Karru Sabar Tola, West Bengal
March 1, 2023 By Sudipta Satpati, Sakiruddin Sk., Fatik Kumar Hembrum, residents of Karru village, Purulia, W.B. Karru Sabar Tola is a small hamlet in Purulia district, where reside 12 households hosting 70 people of the Kheria Sabar community. Karru village falls under Kuchia Gram Panchayat of Bandwan block and is situated at the top […]
Seed Bank Established in Janglikhans, Jharkhand
February 25, 2023 By Rohan MukerjeeProgramme Coordinator, Networks & Alliances With increasing awareness of the connection between climate change impacts and traditional crops, countless farmers have been coming forward to cultivate a variety of local crops whose seeds were distributed through Keystone’s Eastern India project in 2022-23. Ditching hybrid crops that are resource-intensive and vulnerable […]
Celebrating Traditional & Wild Foods in Latehar, Jharkhand
January 13, 2023 By Rohan Mukerjee and Soumik Banerjee – Networks & Alliances Orsa Pat village in Mahua Danr block of Latehar district, Jharkhand, is home to the Nagesia people. On the bright chilly winter morning in January, over 300 men, women and children from the villages and hamlets of Orsa Panchayat convened. Celebrating the […]
Recognition for Baiga Community Seed Savers in Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
January 10, 2023 By Hiralal Sarote and Naresh Biswas, Baiga community members Today, the district collector of Dindori, Vikas Mishra, visited the community seed bank in Silpidi village. Managed by the Sawa Salhar Sanghati Beej Bhandar Samiti Silpidi, this is the first community seed bank committee formed by NIRMAN, a partner of our Using Diversity […]
Organic Agriculture Training with Paryavaran Chetna Kendra in Potka
December 15, 2022 By Networks & Alliances team On December 14 and 15, we conducted a two-day awareness building exercise and training programme on ecological practices in agriculture at the premises of Paryavaran Chetna Kendra (PCK) at Potka, East Singbhum District, Jharkhand. The training was conducted by Soumik Banerjee, and involved community fellows, partner representatives […]
Celebrating a Tribal Freedom Fighter in Potka, Jharkhand
November 16, 2022 By Rohan MukerjeeProgramme Coordinator – Networks & Alliances November 15, 2022 marks the 147th birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda. Locals of Bada Sigdi village in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district celebrated the life and far-reaching impacts of this hero and his movement in the form of a Birsa Mela. The […]
