Support Tribals During COVID-19 Lockdown Crisis

OM Namah Shivay!

Dear Supporters,

Thank you for your Support to this Humanitarian Pan-India Endeavor of Ensuring Food-Aid, Medi-Care, Relief & Rehabilitation to sections of society terribly affected by the nation-wide lock-down & various natural calamities, ACROSS India.

Update #22:

1) *Economic Rehabilitation & Sustainable Livelihood for Tribals Post-COVID: Update on the CEI Horticulture Initiative!*


On Sunday, 20th September 2020, CEI distributed 250 Papaya Saplings and 250 Drumsticks Saplings in the Potluj & Dandwadi Villages of Raigad, Maharashtra.



This shall prove to be akin to hope & light at the end of the tunnel for 100s of tribal families who’ve lost their livelihood due to Covid-Induced Nationwide Lockdown!



Energised & Hopeful Adivasis unloaded the saplings with a lot of enthusiasm, geared to get into action and earn their livelihood.




Apart from ongoing Food-Aid & Medi-Care Initiatives, CEI is now focusing on re-building lives of tribal & rural families (Economic Rehabilitation & Sustainable Livelihoods).




2) In below video, Devaki ji & Chandar ji recount how food aid (sufficient for 1 month) given by CEI has been an absolute lifesaver! They don’t have ration cards. There is no labour work left now & they are childless. CEI is also helping them with Medical Aid!


CEI is implementing Food & Medical Aid program for most vulnerable sections of BPL tribals: In past weeks Tribals Devaki ji & Chandar ji received food provisions from CEI team. Devaki ji is used to work as labour as her husband Chandar ji is completely disabled.
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3) CEI in collaboration with Tehsil administration (Raigad District, Maharashtra) conducted last mile delivery of Ration Cards for the tribals of remote villages of Asanewadi and Dubewadi in Sudhagad Tehsil (Raigad District, Maharashtra).






4) *Re-Building Lives of Distraught Tribals – CEI resumes Horticulture Initiative post Covid-Hiatus!*




The CEI Horticulture Initiative has been revolutionary in providing a new lease of life to the marginalised, poor and disenfranchised.
It has been the only thing that has helped keep thousands of tribal families alive during lockdown when they were unable to avail subsidised ration (as they did not have ration cards).




In an Initiative that will Empower more than 50 families forever, CEI will plant 250 Papaya and 250 Drumsticks Saplings on 19th September 2020. This is the first Horticulture Initiative in 2020, the first after lockdown restrictions have been relaxed.



Apart from ongoing Food-Aid & Medi-Care Initiatives, CEI shall now focus on re-building lives of tribal & rural families (Economic Rehabilitation & Sustainable Livelihoods).

5) *#CEIEmpowers – Kaluram Pawar ji’s Journey from a Backward Tribal to an Entrepreneur!*

Tribal Kaluram ji is a success story of Market-Linked Entrepreneurship Development Program of CEI.

CEI trained Kaluram ji in organic farming, animal husbandry and other agriculture allied activities to enable food security & sustainable livelihood.
Kaluram used to work as manual laborer earning Rs. 50.



CEI gave him training and helped him begin his own organic farming & animal husbandry business, enabling more than 9 folds increase in his income.

CEI is achieving exponential transformation in the conditions of the socio-economically disadvantaged sections helping them in areas of:
- Health
- Lack of access to various avenues of Employment &Empowerment especially to women.
- Education
- Housing
- Last-Mile Delivery



6) CEI is looking for livelihood opportunities for rural & tribal societies so that they don't have to send their children to labour.

▪ BPL Tribal Adhiram ji is taking care of his ailing mother by himself. He lost his temporary manual labor work in lockdown



▪ Elderly tribal woman laborer Raina ji receiving Food Provisions. her son passed away last year due to illness, she has been taking care of her grand children.



CEI provided Adhiram ji, Raina ji and their families with food provisions adequate for one month ensuring their Food Security.


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OM Namah Shivay!

OM Namah Shivay!

Dear Supporters,

Thank you for your Support to this Humanitarian Pan-India Endeavor of Ensuring Food-Aid, Medi-Care, Relief & Rehabilitation to sections of society terribly affected by the nation-wide lock-down & various natural calamities, ACROSS India.

Update #21:

1) CEI is working towards 360 Degree Development of the most disenfranchised communities and disadvantaged geographies across our Nation. At the same time CEI is also implementing Relief initiative for tribals affected by ongoing Lockdown and Cyclone relief initiative.



*Who is CEI reaching out to?*

▪ Tribal families who’ve lost their homes & livelihood due to lockdown & natural calamities Vulnerable tribal orphan children, Pregnant women & New mothers, Elderly, Malnourished children






*How CEI’s Holistic Empowerment Solutions have helped 1000s of families over past many years:*

▪ Brick-Making Entrepreneurial Initiatives - Unique Income Generation Opportunities #CEIResiliencySolutions like Organic Farming & Kitchen Garden initiatives - promote Sustainable Livelihood & helped tribals during Lockdown.



▪ Creation of Tribal Entrepreneurs - Developing Trained Leaders from amongst the most vulnerable, disenfranchised sections of society



CEI has been implementing Long-Term Holistic Empowerment Initiatives of the Socio-economically disadvantaged community.


2) *CEI's Pan-India Resiliency Initiatives*

Due to dreadful consecutive cyclones over the past few months in Raigad, many BPL tribals like Beybi Pawar ji lost their huts. There are many more like her who are now homeless.



There are also, BPL tribals like Kanti Ji who're orphans.



CEI is implementing Resiliency Solutions in various tribal and rural communities, who are devoid of help from the administration, through:

🔸 Welfare, Relief, and Rehabilitation Programmes - CEI has been implementing Emergency Assistance - food distribution, medical aid, repairing and reconstructing homes, etc. for these vulnerable tribal groups



🔸 Camps for distribution of Ayushman Bharat Cards for nomadic tribes, tribal & rural communities


CEI not only plans effective strategies but also ensures the Last-Mile Delivery of various Empowerment Initiatives. It ensures the Holistic Development of all.

3) CEI is helping Rehabilitate tribals who have returned to native villages in Raigad (MH). Most of the tribals worked as laborers in construction in other states. These tribals have lost their manual labor work in current Covid-19 crisis.

▪ Leela ji had lost her husband, she used to work as tribal laborer in Karnataka mines. Her small hut was destroyed in the cyclone, she has no place to live and no food.



▪ CEI team rescued Tribal Children near Dighewadi village (Sudhagad tehsil). Many of these children are orphans and were forced into bonded labor by contractors.



CEI provided a month’s worth of ration to Leela ji, her family and the rescued tribal children.

4) CEI is creating Sustainable Solutions for Long-Term Holistic Empowerment of the Socio-economically disadvantaged community at the grassroots.

CEI is ensuring that their urgent needs are also met, simultaneously Tribal widow Shevaa ji belongs to BPL Katkari tribal group (Khalapur tehsil, Raigad, Maharashtra), she looks after her 4-year-old child alone. CEI provided her with ration for 1 month.



* How CEI’s Holistic Empowerment Solutions have helped 1000s of families over past many years:

▪ Financial Literacy Programmes for the economically-disadvantaged sections especially for tribal and rural women



▪ Rural Immersion programmes with renowned universities like SNDT Women’s University – Youth playing an active role in empowering the grassroots



▪ Leadership Training & Entrepreneurship Development Camps – Enabling Youth Empowerment!



5) ▪ CEI provided food provisions sufficient for 1 month to tribal widow Kusum ji who lost her child a few months ago (Village Kajuwadi, Raigad)


 
▪ BPL tribal Rajkumar ji works as temporary laborer. He dropped out of the government school to do labor work so as to support his ailing father. CEI provided food provisions adequate for a month!




How CEI’s Holistic Empowerment Solutions: The CEI Walk For Empowerment

▪ CEI Walk for Empowerment: Bridging Rural-Urban Gap – so as to create a virtuous cycle of Market-Linked Entrepreneurship amongst marginalised sections CEI Walks for Empowerment also feature various Tribal Entrepreneurial Initiatives along the routes of the villages.



▪  Urban Populace from diverse backgrounds of industry, academia etc who are participating in this Walk for Empowerment purchase their products, supporting Rural & Tribal Entrepreneurship

Thank you for your support

Please Keep Supporting.

OM Namah Shivay!

OM Namah Shivay!

Dear Supporters,

Thank you for your Support to this Humanitarian Pan-India Endeavor of Ensuring Food-Aid, Medi-Care, Relief & Rehabilitation to sections of society terribly affected by the nation-wide lock-down & various natural calamities, ACROSS India.

Update #20:

1) ▪ Tribal laborer Leela ji used to work as manual laborer. Since lockdown she is wageless and her children went without food.  

▪ Bandhu ji belongs to Below Poverty Line Tribal group. He hasn't received his daily wages since the construction contractor has left the site due to lockdown.




CEI is prioritizing such remote tribal villages where there is acute need of Food Aid & other Relief Programmes!

2) *Sports as Enabler of Youth Holistic Empowerment!*



Using even Sports as means of Youth Empowerment, CEI had organised a Massive Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Khel Mahotsav (Tribal Sports Festival) - that served as a means to remove the inertia among the youth, and rise above limitations they set for themselves!



Villagers of Saluk had participated in the CEI Khel Mahotsav with a lot of zeal and gusto – it made them realise that they possessed within themselves the potential to transform their nation. This is how one heralds in true Holistic Empowerment!



Youth Empowerment Camps have played a huge role in re-orienting the outlook of the Socio-Economically Backward sections of society – Instead of wallowing in self-pity or indulging in blame-games, they take personal responsibility for their Holistic Empowerment.




3) In previous weeks, CEI distributed food provisions in Ganvdhan- an interior tribal village located in mountainous area, situated in the valley, in Khalapur (Raigad, Maharashtra).



▪ 55-year-old Katkari tribal woman Reba ji receiving food aid. She lives alone as her son has migrated since past 6 months to work in the mines as labor.




Due to its remote location, it is completely cut off from outside society. Nearest fruit & vegetable market center is 25 kilometer away. CEI has been the only organization to provide food & medical aid provisions in this village.




This is all the more required since, most of the tribal families in here are without Ration cards.

4) ▪ Datta ji worked as construction laborer. He belonged to Katkari tribe and has been out of work for 2 months




▪ BPL tribal Ajju ji used to work as construction laborer, since lockdown he lost his labor work. He is also taking care of his ailing parents.



CEI provided a month’s worth of ration to Datta Ji, Ajju Ji and their families.

5) CEI is reaching out to the most disenfranchised & destitute sections of the tribal society through CEI's Relief Initiatives, who have suffered since past 6 months due to the Covid-19 Lockdown, Economic Slowdown and Natural Calamities (Cyclones, Floods) and Forced Migration!

*Who is CEI reaching out to?*

▪ Vulnerable tribal orphan children, Pregnant women & New mothers, Elderly, Malnourished children

▪ Tribal families who’ve lost their homes & livelihood due to lockdown & natural calamities

*How CEI’s Holistic Empowerment Solutions have helped 1000s of families over past many years:*

▪ Market-Linked Entrepreneurial Initiatives in Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra, & Developing Leaders from amongst the most disenfranchised communities



▪ Facilitated Ration Card Distribution – helped BPL households avail ration at subsidised prices, during lockdown. Youth empowerment strategy camps in villages of Rajasthan




For its work, CEI has received several Official Letters of Appreciation from many Gram Panchayat Administration Offices, District Administration Offices.



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OM Namah Shivay!