ITCT Newsletter C* 2nd Edition, May 2020 India Tribal Care Trust Official Newsletter Inside: Know the tribe • P2 Adopting a tribal family • P3 Celebrating special occasions • P4 Message from Chairman • P5 Donor List • P6 ITCT Carries Oout Corona Pandemic Relief Works Across Six States of India In May, we from Indian Tribal Care Trust went to many different states of India to help the people who were in need. During our relief work in the previous month, we understood the importance of sharing essential items. This realization from our end has changed our mindset completely. All these days, we were continually focussing on the education and health of Indian tribal communities. But, due to the emergency, we have to take care of the tribals in terms of food first. This type of approach in the relief works has made all of us from Indian Tribal Care Trust more considerate about helping the Indian tribal communities. Now, we are more active than ever for helping these communities from our end. (continued to..2 Know The Bhils – The Largest Tribe In India There are many tribal communities in Indian soil. Out of them, the Bhil community is the largest. They are living in India for many years. The community has this name from the local language word called 'Billu.' The meaning of this word is the bow. Moreover, this tribe was great hunters at some point. The Bhil women wear typical saris while men wear long shirts with frock and pajama. They have a good awareness of their local geography. Most of them today are farmers and are also skilled sculptors. They are present in many parts of India, namely Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, etc. Bhili is the language widely spoken in its geographic distribution by the Bhil tribe of India. The essential foods Bhils grow in their limited fields are maize, cabbage, garlic, onion, and chili. One of the traditions that they have is common tattooing practice. They have strong and robust confidence in superstition for their physical, emotional, and psychological therapies. The traditional Rajasthani folk dance Ghoomar originated from this Bhil tribe. .....continued from Page 1) The government of India had set up multiple relief camps this month. But, those campaigns were only providing support to the people who had a ration card. This type of assistance from the government bodies had left the lives of most tribal communities of India in danger. These tribal people before this pandemic had no connection with the world. They were living in the forest. After assessing all these situations on the ground level, Indian Tribal Care Trust started giving the cooked food and other food rations to the tribes of six Indian states. These states include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Tripura. From all these states, we sent out our teams to various districts. Prakasam and Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, Hailakandi district in Assam, Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district, Falakata in Alipurduar district, Ajodhya Hill & Sabar Pally in Purulia of West Bengal, Ambassa, Dhalai District, Anandabazar in Tripura, Borio in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand and Kandhamal & Kalahandi district in Odisha. page 2 copyright itct 2020 Artwork outside the house of a Bhil tribe A Bhil woman in tradiitional dress page 3 copyright itct 2020 Adopting a tribal family Indian Tribal Care Trust always looks for ways to help all these tribal people. For this, our team of volunteers goes to various parts of the tribal villages of India. We had received information about such a needy family in Assam. They were a family of 3 members living in terrible conditions. The family had no one to look after them. Also, both her children were mentally unstable and helpless. The only earning member of their family died many years ago, and all these years, they were getting food for themselves with the help of th local villagers. The condition that they were in was terrible. Hence, our team from the Indian Tribal Care Trust choose this family of three members to give support for the next year. One donor from ITCT agreed to provide all kinds of support and help to this family. Picture of tribal lady with her daughter Tithi Bhoj - Celebrating Special Occasion with tribals One of our donor, Sri Neel Kamal Srivastava wanted to feed the people of the tribal community on his birthday. As per his wish, ITCT also arranged everything to distribute free meals to the people. We choose one village from Purulia called Maldi Sabar Pally. Even in this pandemic situation, our volunteers helped a lot to prepare unique dishes for the villagers. There were balloons, and we adorned the whole place beautifully for the special occasion. On that day, more than 300 Sabar Pally tribal villagers attended the feast. After we circulated the news and photos among our other donors, we got several more requests for these kinds of programs. Most of our donors also wanted to organize such Tithi Bhoj for these tribal communities. Like all these good samaritans, you can also celebrate your special occasion with these tribal and spread happiness. For such events and more, you can go drop an email at: bps@pamho.net or sukanta.b@itct.org.in page 4 copyright itct 2020 Message from the Chairman page 5 copyright itct 2020 D uring this C ovi d 19 lo c k d own p e rio d w e h ad a v e ry won de r f ul r ea liz a tion a n d it w a s lik e e y e op e ning f or us who a r e t a king ca r e o f tri ba ls in d i ffe r e nt p a rt o f I n d i a S in ce in in ce ption o f ITCT w e h a v e bee n e mph a sizing on ed u ca tion a n d h ea lth ca r e o f tri ba l p e opl e a long with so c i a l ca r e a n d e motion a l ca r e e t c N ow w e h a v e r ea liz ed bef or e a ny oth e r ca r e tri ba l p e opl e f irst n eed s th e ir f oo d whi c h is b ig pro b l e m f or th e m D u e to lo c k d own a ll ov e r I n d i a our tri ba l p e opl e w e r e l ef t to liv e with out f oo d E v e n i f G ov e rnm e nt w a s h e lping with f oo d b ut th a t w a s only a v a il ab l e to thos e poor p e opl e who a r e r e gist e r ed a n d h a v e r a tion ca r d B ut th e s e tri ba l p e opl e , d u e to th e ir pr e s e n ce in jungl e a n d som e in v e ry dee p jungl e wh e r e th e r e is no c ommuni ca tion to r eac h , h a v e no r a tion ca r d T h e y a r e so inno ce nt th a t th e y d o not e v e n know how to m a n a g e g e tting Ra tion ca r d s to g e t G ov e rnm e nt h e lp E v e n i f som e p e opl e h a v e m a n a g ed to g e t som e tim e r a tion d os e not r eac h to th e prop e r pl ace a n d to prop e r p e rson B y s ee ing this situ a tion our tri ba l ca r e giv e rs in th e f i e l d st a rt ed to d istri b ut e c ook ed f oo d a n d un c ook ed f oo d p ac k e ts b y c oll ec ting d on a tions lo ca lly B y s ee ing our ca r e giv e rs e nthusi a sm a n d sin ce rity w e fe lt e n c our a g ed to a rr a ng e b igg e r s ca l e f oo d r e li ef T o our surpris e wh e n w e a pp ea l ed to our tri ba l ca r e support e rs w e r ece iv ed ov e rwh e lming r e spons e s a n d w e c oul d m a n a g e to d istri b ut e ab out 15 l ac s worth o f d ry r a tiions a n d c ook ed f oo d s in six d i ffe r e nt st a t e s c ov e ring nin e d istri c ts r eac hing to hun d r ed s o f vill a g e s T h e e xp e ri e n ce o f our tri ba l ca r e giv e r w a s be yon d im a gin a tion T h e y h a v e n e v e r s ee n tri ba l p e opl e so h a ppy to g e t f oo d th a n a ny oth e r h e lp w e h a v e bee n e xt e n d ing C oin c i de nt a lly on e w e ll wish e r de v e lop ed de sir e to feed f oo d on his moth e r ' s puny a tithi T h a t w a s v e ry su cce ss f ul f oo d d istri b ution a mong poor tri ba l p e opl e F ollowing this tr e n d now m a ny oth e rs h a v e c om e f orw a r d to feed poor tri ba l p e opl e in dee p f or e st on th e ir c hil d r e n b irth da y , p a r e nts sr ad h a ce r e mony da y e t c U su a lly p e opl e sp e n d so mu c h mon e y on th e s e o cca sions If a sm a ll portion o f th a t mon e y ca n be k e pt a si de a n d sp e nt f or feed ing tri ba ls just im a gin e how mu c h b l e ssings you will r ece iv e b y smil e s you a r e ca using on th e face s o f tri ba ls O ur pl a n f or this y ea r is w e s e l ec t 10 tri ba l a r ea s in 6 d i ffe r e nt st a t e s in I n d i a wh e r e w e h a v e ac tiv e ca r e giv e rs who ca n t a k e r e sponsi b ility o f pr e p a ring a n d d istri b uting f oo d O ut o f 365 da ys our volunt ee rs will ded i ca t e a t l ea st 300 da ys in a y ea r a rr a nging f oo d d istri b ution in a s m a ny a s tri ba l vill a g e s F or this purpos e d on a tion st a rting f rom a minimum a mount o f R s 5000 to a ny b igg e r a mount to c ov e r th e c ost o f f oo d to be d istri b ut ed will be a ppr ec i a t ed T o st a rt with this uniqu e progr a m w e n eed 3000 sponsorships to c ov e r 10 a r ea s with eac h a r e d istri b uting f oo d a t 300 vill a g e s p e r y ea r T h a t will giv e us opportunity to s e rv e f oo d f or 300000 poor tri ba l p e opl e p e r y ea r P l ea s e giv e a dee p thought to this glorious proj ec t a n d l e t us know wh a t you think ab out it a n d how you woul d lik e to p a rti c ip a t e in this progr a m T h a nk you so mu c h f or your kin d c onsi de r a tion Y ours in th e s e rvi ce o f th e L or d , B h a ktipurusott a m S w a mi Our Donors and Supporters in May 2020 AMBIKA GILL ANANDAN P V KAIMAI ANISH KUMAR GIRI ARCHANA V BALAKRISHNAN SARAVANAN HEMA JAGANNATH BOJANKI SURESH NAIDU CHAITANYA KUMAR DANVIR DAS DHARMARAJ SHANKAR DHRUV GUPTA GATTE MAHESH GAURANGA KUMAR GAURAV SHARMA GIRIRAJ KISHOR HARIKRISHNAN IRENI VENUGOPAL JAIBIR SHARMA JANAKI THYAGARAJAN JITU GARTI KILLI KARUNASRI KOTTURI KAMESHWAR RAO KOUSTAV MAITY KOYA SOMA SEKHAR KRISHNA PADA MAJI KRISHNENDU BAYEN KULAPRIYA MADHAVI DEVI DASI KUSUMA RAVI SHANKAR LAKSHMI RAJU MAA TARA TRADING CO MADDURI SR MOONESH SHIBDOYAL MOUMITA CHAKRABORTY MUTHIAYAN RAMESH NALLURI BHASKAR RAO NARENDRA SATISH RAJKUVAR NAVIN DAUND NEE LAH NEEL KAMAL NITIN MITTAL PRAGYA MATAJI PRAKASH GOVINDAN PRAKKI SAI RAMA SRIDATTA RAJA SATYANDRA INDUKURI RAJASEKHAR PRABHU RAMESH KUMAR PANDAY RAMESH S RAMONA DASS RAO VITTAPALLI RAVINDRA SINGH REKHA JEYABALAN REKHA KUMARI SACHIN OMPRAKASH SANBAKATHAMAN RAGHU SANDEEP PRABHU SANJAY PANDAY SANJAYANAND KRSNA DAS SHIRISHA RAO SHWETA GAUTAM KAPUR SIVAPRAKAS SOORIYA SITHAN SREERAM K V MADDUKUR SUBHASH AGGARWAL SUJEET KUNDU SUMANTH KRISHNA SURUCHI ARORA TSAVATAPALLI GANESH UMESH KAKKAD UVAYN KUMAR PANDEY VADANYA PRABHU VENKATA K S KARNATI VIJAY VINEET ARORA page 6 https://indiatribalcare.org copyright itct 2020