Bidding goodbye to 2022, we welcomed 2023 with 70 adolescents & youth from different bastis and villages across Thane District - at a residential training camp, on 31 December and 1st January. 1st January is not only Shaurya Din but also the day when Savitribai Phule and Mahatma Jyotirao Phule started the first school for … Continue reading Residential Training Camp with Adolescents
Mental Health workshop with Vaghya Murali NT community members in Nashik
Anubhuti has been building connections with NT-DNT ground leaders across Maharashtra since we started working with these communities in 2020. Since then, there have been requests to take our sessions to the towns and villages where many of their people live and work. Thus, last year we had travelled to Indapur and Jejuri in Pune … Continue reading Mental Health workshop with Vaghya Murali NT community members in Nashik
“Child Friendly Police” – Visits by adolescents to local Police Stations
Building connections and collaboration between youth, children and the police is something we have been doing for years, and find very important. This is because Adivasi, NT-DNT, rural, and Bahujan youth don't always have the best experiences in their interactions with the police. They are not very confident about, nor have the knowledge about accessing … Continue reading “Child Friendly Police” – Visits by adolescents to local Police Stations
#SuicidePreventionMonth – Mental Health workshop with youth living in Ashram Shalas
In the month of October, that is, Suicide Prevention Month, Anubhuti had several back to back workshops, trainings, meetings, sessions reaching diverse adolescents, youth, their parents, women and institutions. On 12th September, we reached over 80 adolescents and youth living in the Nakul Patil Ashram Shala (residential school), along with their teachers, in Badlapur for … Continue reading #SuicidePreventionMonth – Mental Health workshop with youth living in Ashram Shalas
Career Leadership training with children of Vaghya Murali (religious performers) parents
On 11th September, on occasion of Revolutionary Umaji Naik's Jayanti a few days ago (on 7th September) we were privileged to interact for a full day's training with over 60 students and their parents who are Vaghya, Murali, Gondhali, Jogti (NT-DNT religious performer communities) who came from different parts of Kalyan, Dombivali, Ulhasnagar, Vitthalwadi and … Continue reading Career Leadership training with children of Vaghya Murali (religious performers) parents
70th NT-DNT Vimukt Din Youth-Led District Level Conference
On occasion of the 70th Vimukt Din of NT-DNT communities, Anubhuti had organized a full day Thane District Level Conference on 28th August: "Youth Intersectional Lens for Social Justice of Vimukt communities". Actual Vimukt Din is celebrated by Nomadic & Denotified Tribes across India on 31st August, when in 1952, these communities were finally rid … Continue reading 70th NT-DNT Vimukt Din Youth-Led District Level Conference
Interview on Mental Health, Sexuality and Intersections
If a community is suffering such severe challenges that are impacting them mentally over generations, over hundreds of years; if the ways of mentally exploiting them are so easy and accessible to all, this means that it is not they who are experiencing mental imbalance but society that is attacking their mental justice and stability. … Continue reading Interview on Mental Health, Sexuality and Intersections
Two Part Series on findings of NT-DNT Toilets Audit
"As a girl from a nomadic tribe who grew up and lived in a tent in a Mumbai basti, I know how a simple thing like a toilet can impact one’s life deeply. Only someone who doesn’t have one at home can understand this." - Deepa Pawar, Founder and thought leader of our Community-Led Data Advocacy … Continue reading Two Part Series on findings of NT-DNT Toilets Audit
Inauguration of Third Community Centre on Adivasi Diwas
On 9th August, on the proud occasion of Adivasi Day (Indigenous Peoples Day), we had the privilege of inaugurating our new centre with Nomadic & Denotified Tribe families living in a tent settlement in Ambernath. This is a 'Community Participation & Development Centre' - which will be designed, used and run with the participation and … Continue reading Inauguration of Third Community Centre on Adivasi Diwas
Young Women’s Historical Ideological Journey to Ancient Buddhist Caves
"बुद्ध कबीर भिमराओ फुले .. या भूमी वर जन्मले .. त्यांनी जनजीवन फुलविले ग..!!" With these rousing words of a song remembering the great progressive leaders Buddha, Dr. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule and Kabir, a caravan of 50 young Bahujan, Bauddha, Nomadic, Adivasi women climbed the steps leading to the Kapichit Buddhist Caves in Junnar as … Continue reading Young Women’s Historical Ideological Journey to Ancient Buddhist Caves