Adopt-A-Village

Badigam Village Project Sponsored by OSA in collaboration with Centurion University.

In December 2015,  OSA started its pilot Adopt-A-Village project in Badigaam under Gajapati district in Odisha. It is a small village about 40 kms from Paralakhemundi with a population of ~100 families of tribal descent. Most of the villagers including women work as day laborers and most of them have no education. On December 11th, the program was kicked off with initial batch of 17 women who signed up for the night school to learn reading and writing and skill development (tailoring training). The program is run in collaboration of Centurion University of Technology and Management and coordinated by Ms. Santilata Bardhan, a MBA student with Centurion University majoring in Rural Development. Initially OSA’s goal is to focus on the educational and skills development needs of the villagers. Based on availability of resource, OSA will take up other projects fulfilling others needs of the village.

Badigaam Adopt-A-Village video >Presentation