Tribal

Shweta Menon left her IT career to start Truly Tribal, a platform that revives India’s traditional crafts like Warli and Pichwai while ensuring fair earnings for artisans. Today, it supports over 500 artisans across 16 states, helping tribal art forms thrive with dignity and pride.

Tanveer Inamdar, through his TREEI Foundation, electrified Maharashtra’s tribal villages using solar solutions. His project, ‘Mission Urja’, has significantly improved daily lives of tribal families.

In Bengal’s remotest villages, Sabar tribal children who once survived by hunting lizards now hold schoolbooks and dream of a brighter future. With your support, they can stay in school, enjoy warm meals, and grow up with hope, dignity, and safety. Together, we can help them keep dreaming.

Padmaja Rathore leads Bagheera's Camp in Rajasthan's Godwar, championing wildlife protection & ecosystem restoration. She founded a sustainable community reserve focusing on education & collaboration.

Aadiwasi Janjagruti, a grassroots initiative in Dhadgaon, Maharashtra, is empowering tribal communities through video storytelling and local media, bridging gaps between villagers and governance. Founded by Nitesh Bhardwaj in 2016, the addresses issues like child labour, sanitation, and corruption.

District Collector and IAS officer Harshika Singh tells us how she worked towards making Mandla district 100 per cent functionally literate.

Priya Krishnan Das writes about her wonderful and exotic experience of living in Desia Koraput — an eco-stay inside a tribal hamlet in Odisha.

Naren Handsa is a Santhali folk singer from West Bengal, who offers free education to underprivileged children, has adopted 30 orphans, and is working to convert barren lands into mini forests through his NGO Sido Kanhu Mission Foundation

After her grandmother Padma Shri Moozhikkal Pankajakshi lost her vision, Renjini KS from Kerala took over the mantle of being the sole guardian of the dying art of Nokkuvidya Pavakkali.

From setting up a decentralised rice and milling centre in Kanjariguda village, Odisha, to printing and mobile recharge services, this all-women's self-help group (SHG) is helping boost the income of the village.