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TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF KVASU: TRIBAL COLONIES OF WAYANAD RECEIVED BACKYARD POULTRY

KVASU’S Directorate of Entrepreneurship today made its initiative in conceptualizing the need-based livelihood inputs to selected tribal colonies by distributing backyard poultry to the tribe families of BoothanamamdChembatty tribal colonies of PozhuthanaabdVythiriPanchayaths of Wayanad district. Three hundred birds were distributed in the two colonies as part of the Wayanad 2030- Tribal development project of the Directorate. The 65-tribe families benefitted in the programme and the project had charted out various other need based packages for the tribes. Various developmental activities have been undertaken in the area of animal husbandry, health and education in two selected colonies Boothanamand Chembatty tribal colony. Trainings for teachers, educational and life skill awareness programmes for students were conducted in selected two tribal schools in Pookode and Kaniambetta. The tribal colonies were selected in view of improving their livelihood, analyzing their strength and weakness, assessing the opportunities and providing a platform for the stake holding departments to provide their inputs for better standard of living of the tribe families of the identified area.  Interventions in six broad areas viz., livelihood improvement, education, health and Public Health, Micro Enterprises, Gender Equality, Connectivity and communication were the broad areas identified in the project implementation plan. The primary date revealed the necessity of livelihood support in terms of animal husbandry, education and agriculture. The project has also proposed distribution of adult goats to the tribe families.‘The University’s initiative to identify the problems of the tribes of Wayanad is itself a ray of hope and I feel happy to be a part of the programme’ said the newly elected President of pozhuthanaGramaPanchayath Shri. N. K. Prasad. Though there are only 15 families in the Boothanamn colony, they seldom enjoy any government aids or facilities due to lack of timely awareness or accessibility constraints, he said. President of VythiriPanchayath Smt. Ushakumari expressed satisfaction of being a part in a scheme benefitting the tribes, the weaker most section of the society. About thirty five families of Chembatty colony benefitted from the project. Apart health camps and services, this is the first time a University rendered support as a means of livelihood, said Shri. Bhaskaran, ooromooppan of the colony.The project implementing officer Dr. P. Vidya, Research Assistant Kum. Soja PS, the ward members of respective Panchayaths, Shri. Santhosh, Shri. Babu interacted with the tribe folk of the colonies.