- Intervention Area and Community served -: Sahariya is a tribe among primitive tribe group which is residing in Madhya prdesh, Rajashthan and uttar prdesh. Under this programme we are covering 20 villages of each district (Guna, Sheopur and Ashoknagar).
- Creating awareness among the indigenous community about their rights and entitlements with especial focus on children and PWDs rights.
- Creating the Gender sensitivity and act accordingly at the community level.
- Freedom from fear, harassment and hunger.
- Strategy for the initiative-:
- Cluster approach would be continued as there would be 10 villages in one cluster, total 60 villages will be covered in three districts and 4 blocks.
- Strengthen the people’s organization SAJAG, which is emerging against the unequal power dynamics in the area.
- To align with the Manavadhikar Forum, which is addressing the issue of Sahariya identity at the state level to pressurize the government to protect this indigenous community?
- Special attention to be paid for Women group, children groups and people with disability (PWDs) to be a part of the entire struggle and demand their rights.
- Pressure building effort on the local government and line department would be continued through people movement for protecting the Rights of the tribal over land and forest.
- People advocacy effort including media advocacy on the livelihood issues food security and social security issues of the community.
- Capacity building and viable linkages among the panchayat representatives, gram sabha members and community leaders.
- Networking among the likeminded community based organizations, networks, NGOs, activists etc. at state and national level.
- Documentation of the processes and gathering of gender segregated data.
- To create pressure on local agencies and institutions at local as well as at the regional level to secure work, food, stop violation, atrocities etc.
- More than 95 % house hold own ration card as well as job cards.
- More than 90 percent people got job cards.
- 204 malnourished children have been admitted in Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre.
- 48 women got benefit through National family benefit scheme.
- More than 620 families got land patta.
- 6. More than 10 Aganwadi and 8 schools have been opened through advocacy.
- Sahariya Jan Gathbandhan has been spread its base in three districts.