Working together: A shared vision to support tribal villagers in Odisha
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March, 2026
Jeevika Trust and Advocacy Project have both been working to deliver livelihood and welfare projects with local partner Jeevan Rekha Parishad in Odisha, India for the past few years. We are proud to announce the start of a new partnership between our three organisations enabling us to share our vision, expertise and resources.
Advocacy Project are currently delivering 15 community-based projects across 3 continents, all of which seek to empower marginalised communities. Over the past few years, we have increasingly seen the overlapping vision between Advocacy Project and Jeevika Trust leading to the decision to begin our first joint project in February 2026 - a 6 month project to improve menstrual hygiene across 25 tribal villages and 10 schools in the Daspalla block in Odisha. This latest version of our highly successful SNAPs project is partially funded by the Monsoon Trust and full details of the project can be found in one of our latest blogs.
As we work in partnership, this gives us the opportunity to showcase the Neemola Project, developed by Advocacy Project in Odisha in 2024. This project has engaged many of the tribal communities also supported by Jeevika Trust through our Water Advocacy and Smart Farming Initiatives. Learn more about the Neemola Project below and enjoy their captivating video on the connection between tribal life and Neem trees.
The Neemola Project: Eradicating malaria and improving the well-being of tribal women
The original 2024 project aimed to empower and protect tribal women and children against malaria and improve menstrual hygiene across 10 tribal villages. Following on from the success of the 2024 start-up, the project was extended to 25 villages in 2025 where self help groups in each village produced and sold Neemola mosquito repellent. This allowed women to supplement their existing incomes and to help women protect themselves against sickness through a broad education campaign. In 2025 the project filled over 6,000 bottles of Neemola oil, distributed 100 mosquito nets to vulnerable families, and trained girls to make 3,000 sanitary pads.
Read more about the project in Advocacy Project’s news bulletin: https://www.advocacynet.org/advocacynet-425-april-26-2025/
Watch the video about the connection between tribal life and Neem trees:
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