Dated: 1st January 2025
SIGMA Foundation has entered a partnership with Landesa, Seattle, USA to educate around 10,000 tribal women SHG members associated with 63 LAMPS (Large Scale Multipurpose Societies) in the district of Bankura, Jhargram, Purulia and West Midnapur. The project is supported by the Tribal Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal. The project duration is one year starting from the 1st January 2025. Attaining more knowledge on land and land rights as well as understanding how to update land records, which will be covered in the training, will empower the tribal women attending the training. This will also help their households to access government supports in agriculture and institutional finance to improve crop production and income. The training will also help in preventing alienation of land owned by the tribal people.