“ERI & TAKURI”
Eri: Assam is the parent state for the cultivation of Eri silk which is also known as the Ahimsa silk as the process of yarn extraction does not require the moth to be killed. The rural womenfolk particularly the tribal…
BACKYARD KITCHEN GARDEN (TRIBAL BASTI)
RGVN aims to build livelihood clusters, it follows three phases, experimentation and innovation, stabilization and scaling up. Under CSR support form HCCBPL we are supposed to support 8 beneficiaries in Tribal Basti Areas of Jalpaiguri in North Bengal for organic…
GENDER ISSUES, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER BUDGETING, AND DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILD-FRIENDLY GRAM PANCHAYATS
The project is funded by State Institute of Panchayat and Rural Development, Govt. of Assam. Through this programme trainings on gender issues such as violence against women, advocacy of basic rights to equality, education, health and sanitation, acts and legalities,…
FAIZUL HAQUE AND MAKAN BEGUM: A CASE STUDY
This is a case study of a poor and childless couple residing in Gakhirkhuapara village of Darrang district. Both Faizul Haque and his wife Maka Begum are illiterate and live in the fear of a grim future as they do…
STORY OF Ms. SONIA BORO!!!
Sonia Boro, a beneficiary of the COMPELO project under APFBC, is a resident of Panbari Adarsa Mising Gaon EDC, under Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, Bokakhat. Below, she speaks on the project and the training given by RGVN and how it…
RGVN facilitated an exhibition on crafts
RGVN facilitated an exhibition on crafts for the members of the children's club of Byrnihat which were made by them on the occasion of World Environment Day. The exhibition also included: 1. An awareness programme on menstrual hygiene for the…
Kitchen Garden Support
Kitchen Garden Support to One AVG Group (Activity Based Group) consisting 12 families in villages named Tribal Basti. Fruit and Vegetable Plant and Leafy vegetable seed were distributed to each beneficiaries (i.e. Seeds: Spinach - 100gm, Coriander - 50 gm,…
FORMATION OF SHGs UNDER NULM
RGVN -NER entered into an agreement with ASULMS for implementation of Social Mobilization and Institutional Development component. The main objectives are of the project are: *To organize the urban poor households under structured institutions. * To link up these Institutions…
INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY CELEBRATED
8th International Yoga Day was celebrated yesterday with our respected members of the Hello & Millo Club of RGVN. The programme included chair yoga for our Seniors followed by singing, antakshari competition and prayers were made for the wellbeing of…
STORY OF A TRIBAL VEGETABLE FARMER
Pabitra Bordoloi, is the son of a tribal farmer of village Khulagaon, Mayong Block, Morigaon. He has got 2.5 bighas of cultivable land, while his father distributed his landed property among his sons. The piece of land inherited by Pabitra…