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ODIYA NARI TULASI MUNDA

Presented by- Shaswati Mohapatra

PGDM/13-15/75

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INTRODUCTION

• She is a noted social activist from Keonjhar, India born on 1947.

• She is a tribal girl who has never gone to school.

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How she started her journey..

•  Tulasi had an encounter with Vinoba Bhave when he visited Odisha in the year 1963 during the Bhoodan Andolan Padayatra.

• It was then in that Padayatra, she promised Vinoba Bhave that she would follow his principles and guidelines throughout her life.

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• Then Vinoba Bhave went to every tribal village and started teaching them that what is the value of education.

• With his inspiration she opened a school under a Mahua tree for the children of tribal mine workers.

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• Tulasi then started a night school in the beginning with the help of the village Mukhiya and then she convinced the mine workers to leave their children in her care during the day.

• In her own words, “I had to visit each and every house. I was an illiterate and knew nothing of bookish knowledge’ but I had come to know about the importance of education and had enough practical knowledge to impart it.”

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• She used to sell Murri (puffed rice) and vegetables to raise funds for the school. Later when she started gaining the confidence of the villagers, they started providing her with food and a place to live. Later she persuaded the villagers to cut stones from the mountains and to help her build the school.

• As Tulasi had no money to pay to the teachers, she gathered the youth of the village, who had primary level education.

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•  Donations began coming in from large industrial houses and some foreign agencies. Now Tulasi charges Rs 200 a month for the hostel but only from those who can afford to pay her. Today the school has seven teachers and 354 students with hostel facilities for 81 children.

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• Today the Adivasi Vikas Samiti School has two concrete buildings.  Tulasi helped in establishing 17 schools and succeeded in educating 20,000 boys and girls. Currently her school provides education up to the 10th standard, has over 500 students, half of whom are girls. 

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• “Of course, there are a lot of financial constraints; even now I can’t pay my schoolteachers their salaries on time, but I do get help from foreign agencies and individuals from time to time. Support and financial aid from TSRDS (Tata Steel Rural Development Society) has come in as a great help.”

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Except education she also tried to eradicate alcoholism among the tribals.

• In her words “the first thing I want to do is to prevent alcoholism among the tribals who regularly take handiya (the local brew). I also want to form gram sabhas and mahila sangathans to discuss and find ways to improve their condition”.

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Awards won by her• The well-known tribal woman leader of

Odisha for getting an Honorary Doctorate from the Central University, Koraput.

• Samaj Seva Award, Barbil -  1981

• Ananya Award, Joda - 1997

• Bharatiya Adim Jati Sevak Sanghathan Award, New Delhi - 1998

• Swabhiman Award, Bhubaneswar - 1999

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•  Tulsi has received prestigious Padma Shri award for her commendable work in 2001.

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Tulasi Munda has proved the fact that, it is pure will and determination that you need to bring the change and you can do wonders.

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Thank You