AJKAAnchalik Jana Kalyan AnusthanFrom the field
Accounts from the villages we work in, honest project updates, and the things that have not worked as well as we hoped.
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.
Baddhara Village, Lakhanpur Block, Jharsuguda District, Odisha
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.
Baddhara Village, Lakhanpur Block, Jharsuguda District, Odisha
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.
Attabira Panchayat, Attabira Block, Odisha
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.
Lakhanpur, Jharsuguda District, Odisha
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.
Indarpur, Lakhanpur Block, Jharsuguda District, Odisha
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.
Goghar, Balisankara Block, Sundargarh District, Odisha
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.
Lakhanpur Block, Jharsuguda District, Odisha