Dhaatri - A Resource Centre for Women and Children

05/08/2026

A three-day learning visit, organized by the Bhopal-based organization Muskaan, brought together Adivasi youth educators of Bal Angan from Panna and Ganj Basoda. The visit provided a valuable platform for learning, collaboration and reflection.

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Adivasi youth educators explored creative, child-centric teaching learning methods.

24/07/2026

Over two vibrant days at the Government Tribal Welfare Ashram High School in Padara, Telangana, children transformed a blank wall into a colourful canvas of Indigenous ecological knowledge.

Inviting volunteers to join us: We invite students of Fine Arts to join us for the next Art Camp with the Chenchu children in tribal welfare hostels in the first week of August. To know more: https://www.dhaatri.org/post/colours-of-the-earth-adivasi-girls-celebrate-their-forest-heritage

24/06/2026

For too long, the Sahariya women of Shankargarh in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, had to walk two kilometres every day just to fetch water from a well. Supported by Dhaatri team on the ground, the women actively demanded a solution. They consistently wrote letters to the SDM and relentlessly followed up on the MP CM Helpline.

Their persistence paid off. A new water pump has finally been installed in the village.

While it is just one basic infrastructure update, having water nearby brings immense daily relief to these families. Seeing the women of Shankargarh come together and secure this basic necessity for their community is incredibly encouraging.

19/06/2026

What does childhood look like when survival interrupts schooling? Read to know about the ground reality of migration, health, and social safety for vulnerable tribal children in Madhya Pradesh.

12/06/2026

Dear Supporters,

A few months ago, we reached out to you to support our Education and Nutrition Outreach for Adivasi children in Madhya Pradesh.

Thanks to your generous and prompt response, we are happy to share that from March to May this year, we were able to provide daily nutrition to over 500 children in our Bal Angans in Panna and Vidisha.

Your support has helped us continue our work with Adivasi children in these areas, ensuring they receive small but significant nutritional support that helps them learn better, and enables women in the community to keep cooking healthy meals at the Bal Angans.

Thank you for standing with us and for believing in this work.

05/06/2026

On , let’s shift the narrative from “protecting nature from people” for “inviolate” forests to promoting healthy coexistence of Adivasis, wildlife and wild foods.

02/06/2026

In the Gond Adivasi villages of Panna, women and youth are taking the lead and working with local authorities to secure Aadhaar cards, birth and income certificates, and other key documents that are essential for accessing social security, basic entitlements, and government schemes for their communities.

27/05/2026

We have launched a pilot initiative to support Adivasi school dropouts to learn livelihood skills and explore safer, dignified work options. We’ve started with training in tailoring, stitching techniques and patterns, and basic sewing machine operations. Many Gond Adivasi children in Panna drop out of school to become additional earning members or to manage household responsibilities, often ending up in daily wage labour in construction or mining. This initiative is a small step to open up safer and more sustainable livelihood options through new skills and greater confidence.

https://www.dhaatri.org/post/sewing-alternative-skills-for-school-dropouts-in-panna

25/05/2026

Heartfelt thanks to HTC Global Services, Hyderabad, for donating two laptops to Dhaatri. Your support will strengthen our documentation work with Adivasi women and children on their education, health, and biodiversity knowledge practices.

01/05/2026

This we focus on Adivasi women in Panna and Vidisha whose work in mines, fields, forests and homes sustains families and communities, but still remains largely invisible and unsafe.

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