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Tamarind Tree starts a Pre Primary School in Sogve village, Dahanu |
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Tamarind Tree is all set to start a Pre Primary school in its campus at Sogve village, Dahanu, Maharashtra. Having recently completed a Teachers Training Programme for young tribal youth from the community, the Tamarind Tree School will start on June 21 2010, with approximately 40 tribal children and 2 tribal teachers. While the teaching will be multilingual (Warli, Marathi and English), the school is developing its curriculum based on the oral history and narratives of the warlis. Children from the age group of 3 years to 6 years will attend the school. |
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Summer Camps at Tamarind Tree |
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 Reconnect with the Earth!!
Get your hands dirty this summer - plant vegetables, de-weed, work with cowdung, listen to Warli folklore & try your hand at some art!! Fun-filled weekends, 3 day experiential learning camps are being organised through April & May at the chikoo farm in Dahanu. Come and grow your vegetables this summer and return in the monsoons to harvest and eat them!!
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Located in the sleepy tribal hamlet of Sogve village, Tamarind Tree is an experimental initiative towards creating a culture of reflective thinking and action of our current milieu. Opting out of the routine like existence of the Mumbai megapolis to develop and cultivate a barren piece of land in Sogve was the first experiment towards the development of Tamarind Tree. However, we initiated living here in Sogve, not just with a “back to the land” philosophy but also with the motivation of learning, living with and contributing to rural society, besides farming.
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The Paradox of Environmentalism |
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 How Dahanu epitomises the environment vs development debate
Whether the battle for ecological equity inevitably compromises opportunities for economic development is a question the communities of Dahanu have grappled with for over a decade. While there may be no simple answer, Dahanu's communities live in a paradoxical reality. Even as the environmental movement has sheltered them from the hazards of unregulated industrialisation, it has been unable to provide an alternative viable reality, while restricting many of the benefits of the modern economy. |
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 In collaboration with a co-operative of Warli artisans, the Warli Hast Kala Gat, Tramarind Tree is in the process of setting up a Tribal Arts Centre and Musuem in Raitali village, Dahanu home to the artisans. The Centre will be a space that exhibits the recent works of the artisans as well as provides an insight into the tribal consciousness.
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