In Kewdha, an indigenous Santhal village,  elderly members of the village council called Manjhiharam have shown forward thinking. They believe that if everyone in the community shared the same mindset, village development would be certain. Over the past few years, they observed that many children and youth in the village were spending too much time on mobile phones, wandering around aimlessly, and some had even started getting involved with drugs. The number of students attending school was…

In a village called Kewndaha, I had a conversation with an old man named Jagai Hansda about masculinity. I first asked him what a man is or what do you mean by a man? He replied that I would first say a man who respects women. If there were no women, no human being would be born, then there is a division according to gender. A man means performing the most difficult duties. Of course, some duties are divided between men and women. He said that our times were not very good. We had to work in…

The implementation of the SALT approach has brought about several positive changes among the people of the village. Whereas earlier the main topic of discussion at the meeting was worship and other village work, now there are discussions about village development, education of boys and girls, and dropout students. Parents are now interested in sending their children to school and are keeping an eye on their studies. The boys and girls of the…

On my part, I would first like to thank GFC for giving me the opportunity to work in the community as a facilitator in the ARC project. Before the ARC project came, I used to work in the field with my father. Along with that, I used to do some developmental work for the development of one or two villages in the village. After joining the ARC project as a facilitator, when I share my story with different NGOs through the salt method, they appreciate me and think that I can help anyone at any…