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Description
Poverty, hunger, marginalization, exclusion and disempowerment have been commonplace coupled with improper use of livelihood resources and community assets. Entailing the ideas of empowering the poor and excluded a group of committed social workers founded GRASSROOTS INDIA TRUST. It is registered as a charity under Indian Trust Act.
GRASSROOTS INDIA TRUST aims to strengthen the capacities of the people at the grassroots by mainstreaming their local innovations into popular domains of development and social action.
Coordinated from New Delhi the organization works mostly in partnership of grassroots NGOs and action groups. Grassroots India Trust principally builds the capacities of participants/ people by imparting on-field training, information, technical know-how and orientation apart from little monetary support, which is a sustainable way of empowering the communities and partners in a bid to overcome hunger, poverty, exclusion, marginalization and abuse of human rights.
Grassroots India Trust apart from supporting the grassroots NGOs in many provinces of North India also executes empowerment-related activities through its family organs: Grassroots Media Initiative, Grassroots Institute, GRASSROOTSSPEAK south asia, GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY and GRASSROOTS-in-action.
Description of Internship
The intern will be placed with GIT's partner called Saathi in Kondagaon of Bastar district (Chhattisgarh). The area is inhabited by mainly the tribes. Bastar actually is known for tribal people, tribal culture and forests. Bastar is also called as 'anthropological treasure' of the country. Altogether, the Bastar is known for traditional crafts and artifacts. Saathi sanstha, the partner organization of GIT, has intensively worked between the artisan communities for last 12 years.
Over a decade ago three companions took training of ceramics and went Bastar on their practical training. Later they settled right there and started organizing artisan communities (e.g. Kumhar, Lohar, Carpenters, etc.) and brought in gradual changes in the indigenous technology and methodology of artifact making. Major changes they brought in were in the design of various artifacts, production of material matching standards of international market, taught the communities about techniques of marketing their products, and the technology of producing the artifacts.
The above efforts of Saathi have placed a revolution among the artisan communities in Bastar region. As an organization, Saathi also got popularity as well as space all over the world particularly in Europe. Whenever someone talks about craft of Bastar, one cannot forget the name of Saathi.
GIT supports Saathi through imparting information and knowledge on development aspects, documentation and institutional guidance.
This project would focus on the following objectives:
1. Documentation and analysis of development interventions undertaken by Saathi for improvement in livelihoods of artisan communities through reforming the craft business.
2. Documenting the impacts that have taken place among the poor artisan families.
3. Identifying the potential new projects based on livelihoods/social development of artisans communities.
4. Promoting the best practices and the issues of artisans, and sourcing financial resources for new projects identified.
Desired Qualifications: Culture Studies; Sociology/Social Work; Economics
Duration 4-6 months
Special Intern will be placed at GIT but will be attached with its partner organization Saathi, Bastar.
Compensation:
Each Intern will be given modest accommodation at or in the vicinity of workplace. An allowance of US$ 12 will be provided as contribution towards food expenses. All official travels will be reimbursed as actual. Only second class rail or bus fare is admissible.
Those who have strong desire to learn and see the real situations in Third World would have incredible opportunity with us through the Internship. We already have received 6 foreign Interns in less than a year who have learnt immensely with us. Of them 5 belong to Europe and US. We give best inputs in field.
Deadline: 30 March 2007
To Apply
Keenly interested Graduates having Bachelors or Masters degree may apply as soon as possible. Early applications will be given priority. One should email full CV, photo and a letter of motivation.