Makkabare Summer Camp and Museum Day in Nilambur
By Aswathy G.V., PNC Research Consultant, Sumithra, Community Researcher, Amal, Community Researcher, and Anokha Venugopal, Communications The Makkabare residential summer camp, held from May 15-18 in the Chaliyar View Dormitory, was organized with great anticipation for the children of tribal areas in Nilambur. Children between the ages of 13 and 20 from Aranadan, Paniya, Kattunaikan, […]
Documenting Kattunaickan and Paniya Festivals in Nilambur
May 3, 2024 By Syamjith Palakkayam, Suresh P. and Geetha Nilambur is one of the major tribal concentrated areas within the Malappuram district of Kerala. Seven tribal communities reside here and two out of them, the Kattuanaickan and Cholanaickan groups, are PVTG (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups). The Malamuthan, Malappanickar, Paniyan, Aranadan and Kurumar groups are […]
Keystone Attends UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum at FAO, Rome
By KavyanjaliConsultant, Wayanad Kavyanjali (Community Resource Person), Monthish (People & Nature Collectives), Shiny (Biodiversity), Jestin (Aadhimalai) and Mathew (Director, Last Forest) attended the UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum held at the Food and Agriculture Organisation Headquarters in Rome, Italy, from October 16 to 20. On the first day, Indigenous youth participants were divided into groups […]
PVTG Youth Leadership Programme Completed in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
October 15, 2023 By Ranjani Prasad & Faisal RehmanProgramme Coordinators, People & Nature Collectives The PVTG Youth Leadership programme is hosted and Implementation through People & Nature Collectives, Keystone Foundation, (Kotagiri) and supported by Azim Premji Foundation (Bengaluru) and carried out with our project partner Haiyya Foundation (Delhi). Among the indigenous communities of the Nilgiri […]
Exploring Inclusive Pedagogies and Language Diversity at an International Conference
The 7th International Conference On Language And Education: Multilingual Education For Transformative Education Systems And Resilient Futures (#7MLE) was organised by the Asia-Pacific Multilingual Education Working Group (MLE WG) of UNESCO. The conference was organised as a bid to unite educators, linguists, researchers, policymakers, and language enthusiasts from around the world. The event was held […]
A Month of Meetings: People & Nature Collectives
August 21, 2023 By PNC team On August 11, the PNC programme met with 23 Kurumba elders from villages within the Coonoor slopes to aid in the mapping of their ancestral domains as part of a habitat rights claims. This meeting was a culmination of two years of consistent field-based meetings, when hand-drawn maps were […]
Radio Kotagiri Trains Students in Broadcasting for Community Awareness
May 25, 2022 By Manickam A., Radio Kotagiri Cultural Survival, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of Indigenous Peoples, is supporting Radio Kotagiri in disseminating important information in local languages. Through this project, the radio team broadcasts perspectives on livelihood issues, crucial healthcare information including COVID-19. Moreover, the project enables the revitalisation of indigenous […]
Radio Kotagiri Visits Kadal Osai Radio in Rameswaram
May 5, 2023 By Jeyanthi R., Additional Programme Coordinator, People & Nature Collectives சமுதாய வானொலியின் செயல்பாடுகள் பற்றி ஆழமாக அறிந்துகொள்ள கடல் ஓசை சமுதாய வானொலிக்கு இரண்டு நாள் பயணமாக, ரேடியோ கோத்தகிரி குழு, 4 மற்றும் 5 ஆம் தேதிகளில் சென்றிருந்தோம். இந்த வானொலி இராமேஸ்வரம் தீவில் பாம்பன் என்னும் இடத்தில் அமைந்துள்ளது நேசக்கரங்கள் அறக்கட்டளையின் கீழ் செயல்பட்டு வருகிறது . இந்த வானொலி மீனவ சமுதாய மக்களின் நலனுக்காக […]
An Exhibition in Honour of the UN International Year of the Millet 2023
Keystone’s People and Nature Collectives programme curated a traditional millet exhibition in honour of the International Year of the Millet 2023. The exhibition, enlightening attendees on the history, ecology and culture of native millets in the Nilgiris, went live on April 25. The team’s years of work compiling Keystone’s institutional archives enabled them to curate […]
Learning from Community Initiatives at Bhasha Institute, Tejgadh
April 23, 2023 By the People & Nature Collectives programme Some of the team members of People and Nature Collectives programme had an opportunity to visit Bhasha Institute, in Tejgadh (Chhota Udepur district, Gujarat) from April 18 to 23 this year. Bhasha Trust was founded in 1996 for the study, documentation and conservation of marginal […]
