Field stories, project updates and announcements from Anchalik Jana Kalyan Anusthan (AJKA), working with tribal and rural communities across Odisha.https://ajkaodisha.org/en-inhttps://ajkaodisha.org/stories/maa-shakti-shg-honeybee/https://ajkaodisha.org/stories/maa-shakti-shg-honeybee/Fifteen bee boxes, training every three weeks and a market that pays ₹900 a kilo. The women of Maa Shakti SHG have built a livelihood that does not wait on the monsoon.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWomen's LivelihoodAJKA Communicationshttps://ajkaodisha.org/stories/producer-group-pointed-gourd/https://ajkaodisha.org/stories/producer-group-pointed-gourd/Baddhara's farmers had grown pointed gourd for years and stayed poor at it. Organised into a producer group with direct market access, they turned ₹6 lakh a year into ₹28.8 lakh.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAgriculture & LivelihoodAJKA Communicationshttps://ajkaodisha.org/stories/solar-pump-attabira/https://ajkaodisha.org/stories/solar-pump-attabira/Two solar irrigation pump sets, handed to two farmers' groups of twenty. For Lingaraj Kuanr it meant the first summer crop he has ever grown.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTClimate ResilienceAJKA Communicationshttps://ajkaodisha.org/stories/mushroom-taranga-shg/https://ajkaodisha.org/stories/mushroom-taranga-shg/Seven kilos of spawn, a shed, and ten women who wanted an income of their own. Taranga SHG now earns ₹8,000–₹9,000 a month from mushrooms.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTWomen's LivelihoodAJKA Communicationshttps://ajkaodisha.org/stories/polyhouse-indarpur/https://ajkaodisha.org/stories/polyhouse-indarpur/A 1,000 sq m polyhouse with the capacity for 12 lakh saplings a year, run by a farmer producer organisation — so tribal farmers finally buy healthy planting material locally.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAgriculture & LivelihoodAJKA Communicationshttps://ajkaodisha.org/stories/farm-pond-goghar/https://ajkaodisha.org/stories/farm-pond-goghar/Shreemati Guru farmed one crop a year and hoped the rain would hold. A scientifically designed farm pond now irrigates 7–8 acres — and twelve neighbouring farmers have taken notice.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTClimate ResilienceAJKA Communicationshttps://ajkaodisha.org/stories/remedial-coaching-trishna/https://ajkaodisha.org/stories/remedial-coaching-trishna/Trishna Majhi wanted to learn but was losing ground in Mathematics and English. Two hours of structured coaching a day rebuilt both her understanding and her confidence.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTEducationAJKA Communications