Adivasi Krishak Mahila Kalyan Parishad

This group is based out in Mandar Block. We are located right in the village, and it is a place where everyone knows everyone else. Adivasi Krishak Mahila Kalyan Parishad is really about the women here working together on the land. We don't have a big fancy office building with a receptionist. Most of our meetings happen in the village or out in the fields where the actual work is being done. Life in Mandar revolves around the farming cycles. We deal with the crops, the seeds, and trying to make sure everyone in the parishad is doing alright. It is a community thing more than a corporate thing. The roads around the block can be difficult during the monsoon, but we manage. We share our tools and our knowledge. Sometimes we sit together under a tree to discuss what needs to be planted next. It is a very simple way of doing business. We are proud of being from this village and working with our own hands. There is a lot of talking and a lot of physical labor involved. We don't have a lot of money for big signs or advertisements. People just know where to find us. We are just a group of local women trying to help our families and our village move forward by working the soil every day.