ORRISSA..Organisation for Rural Reconstruction &Integrated Social Service Activities

- We are a grassroots civil society organisation empowering the vulnerable communities

ORRISSA
Post Box # 51, GPO, Bhubaneswar - 751001. Orissa, India

India
info@orrissa.co.in

COVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Responding to the COVID 19 challenges the whole country is fighting for ORRISSA team geared up to extend support to the frontline health and administration workers as well as the communities it is working with. ORRISSA has been working with the district administrations at four field offices i.e. Chakapada block in Kandhamal district, Ganjam block in Ganjam district, Malkangiri block in Malkangiri district and Kosagumuda block in Nabarangpur district to create awareness on COVID19 prevention during the lockdown period. We thank the local administrations to repose confidence in our community rapport and allowing us to support the communities in this hours of crisis by allowing our field teams with authorisation to move to the villages.

Below:Village women learning the methods of handwash at Kosagumuda, Nabarangpur

Bandhakhamana village in Chakapada block, Kandhamal district committe was motivated to encourage all to wear masks during the crisis period. All the housholds contributed to procure masks from the local women Self Help Group for all inhabitants of the village on 15th of April 2020.

Adivasi village women maintaining social distance while collecting water at Samarthguda in Kosagumuda village, Nabarangpur on 17th April 2020

Our field team member with the house to house enumuration of inward migrants in Ganjam blcok along with field level government officials.

____________________________________________________________________

LOCAL SEEDS AND FOOD SYSTEMS ENABLING FOOD SECURITY

ORRISSA believes in the principle of village sovereignty of sustenance which enables communities to decide for themselves what will be grown and consumed. ORRISSA therefore works at several different levels to combat hunger, access & control of local resources: with campaigns on sustaining indigenous farming methods at the local level, and by furthering women's rights. We also back up farmers' groups to enable them to take control of their resources, create a critical mass for protecting their interests in governance processes.

____________________
bringing in food sovereignty for the adivasi households

________________

The group operates in some of the interior pockets of the state of Orissa. Over these years, ORRISSA team have been successful in issue based intervention on tribal rights over Health, Land, Water and Forest through People's Organizations.

___________________

Release of LEISA-Oriya

(Click here to See LEISA-Odiya Magazine)

Mr. Yogendra Parikh, the great grand-son-in law of Mahatma Grandhi and veteran Gandhian Worker released the first LEISA-Oriya issue in the presence of tribal famers at Tikabali on 5th of October 2010.

Resources

“Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to define their own food

to read the abstract of the book click below

Towards food sovereignty:
reclaiming autonomous food systems- by Michel Pimbert

_________________

The farmer organizations seek solidarity groups who are protecting the local agriculture systems and the indigenous seed traits to share their experience and facilitate farmer to farmer exchange of seed and knowledge associated with them. Farmers would appreciate visitors with samples of seed and materials on farmer rights campaigns. Volunteers are also sought to help the farmer organizations drafting their success stories, mapping their natural resources, preparing campaign materials.

_________________

Support Small

FamilyFarms

Click here to Visit FAO site

Want to Know about Seed Mothers

(Click Here to see)

FILMS ON SUSTAINABL FARMING

Click Here for

ANNUAL REPORT

____________

The Technical Guide

The first Cyclone in the Living Memory of Malkangiri on 12th of October 2014. The partner communities of ORRISSA are affected by this recent disaster.

The adivasi dominated Malkangiri (the worst hit Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh is bordering Malkangiri) was the landfall route of the Devastating HudHud Cyclone before it entered Chhatisgarh.

Click to dowonload update

----------------

13th October 1 am till 6 am the mighty Phailin crossed through the Chakapada area of Kandhamal block (boardering Ganjam district) at a wind speed of 150 km. The Adivasi communities here witnessed the nightmares for the first time in their life.

Download the Update

_______________

Farmer to farmer Exchange Visit

The tribal farmers working on the seed sovereignty process in Kandhamal and Malkangiri districts have visited the farmers of Thailand and Philippines from 12th to 25th October 2009

Arjun Dura tribal farmer from Malkangiri (wearing dhoti 5th from left) with Dambarudhar Kanhar Kondh farmer from Kandhamal, Orissa( second from right) infront of a farmer's house in Kabankalan area of Negros region in Philippines

VISIT SOCIAL CHANNELS

https://twitter.com/ORRISSA2

BAREFOOT SEED BREEDER

CLIMATE JUSTICE FUND FOR GRASSROOTS WOMEN

CLICK TO VISIT

Visit Our MKSP-Agriculture Project ________________________

LEISA ODIYA

Click the image above to read the e-magazine

Prakruti Mitra Award

ORRISSA received Prakruti Mitra (Friend of Nature) Award for the year 2009 from the Honourable Chief Minister of Orissa on World Environment Day (State Government Award) 5th of June 2010 at a function in Bhubaneswar

_________________

Padmashree Dr.

Tulasi Munda the renowned gandhian worker at Malkangiri. Tulasi Maa (standing) addressing the valedictory function of the Community Seed Fair at Malkangiri on 20.2.2009

_________________

The story of Bihana Maa

in the LEISA-India megazine