The area of operations of Prochesta inhabits tea garden, Khasia community and dalits. The tradition of Prochesta’s work and its credibility with the ethnic communities puts it in a favorable position to work for them.
Goal: Prochesta is ‘An aide to ethnic communities in their effort to materialize their livelihood maintaining their culture and tradition’.
Strategies
- Advocate for quality primary education including ECD
- Advocate for ensuring access to land family health services in the hilly areas
- Advocate for the protection of land rights Khasis community is traditionally enjoying
- Support to ethnic organizations (Youth) to demand GoB services (capacity building, actions)
Actions
Primary education
- Advocate for quality primary education from GoB in the hilly areas
- Continue with ECD incl. bi-lingual system in Khasia communities
- Seek GoB support for pre-school in hilly areas.
- Undertake social accountability approach (community mobilization and activism) to more teachers/adiabatic teachers and materials for primary school.
WATSAN and Public Health
- Introduce water pumping/distribution/conservation technology with private sector initiative (community institution)
- Seek support Public Health social accountability (community mobilization and activism) Dalit)
Advocacy for legal rights
- Legal assistance in case of need
- Advocate for rehabilitation in case of eviction
- Continue with conflict resolution system (adibashi-mainstream) at local level