Odisha

AIF’s Clinton Fellow Audra Bass shares her experience of meeting the Sahiyas in Jharkhand, who help communities get access to resources to meet healthcare needs for expecting mothers.

One of India’s first sensory walls for the visually impaired has been created at the Orissa Association for the Blind through a collaboration between schoolkids from Orissa and Bristol. The project won an award in the ‘Quickest Impact’ category at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change.

His unusual innovation has come into limelight with the PMO taking interest in the project.

Vikash Das’s social journey started when he saw a tribal woman being insulted. Fast forward to now, that woman is a successful entrepreneur and has employed 26 other women.

Nishan’s desire to work in rural areas with the idea of sustainability led him to register for the SBI Youth of India fellowship in 2016.

Tribal villages of Odisha where no medical help nor motor vehicle reached are now getting the best treatment, thanks to Dr. Aquinas Edassery.

Armed with an MBA, Meghna Sahoo aims to use the platform to advocate for transgender rights and improve the community's standing in society.

Started in 1991 by a group of women to address the issue of extreme poverty and discrimination of minority groups, WORD has come a long way.

Prafulla waged a 12-year-long legal battle to protect the rights of tribes in Odisha's Niyamgiri region.

Daimati Santa was to be married off at the age of 16. Today, she is leading the fight against child marriage in rural Odisha.