Total Health’s Arrjava Warriors, a group of yoga practitioners tell us how the ancient knowledge has changed both their lives as well as their students’
Teenage pregnancies, anemia, and lack of hygiene mark the lives of Chenchu women in the Nalamalla hills
In Amrabad, the Chenchu tribal community is burdened by microloans with a steep interest rate and debt traps including forced labour and land collaterals
Traditionally hunter-gatherers, the Chenchus of Amrabad and NSTR are using their skill with the bow and arrow to gain success as sportspeople
Easily accessible alcohol from towns outside their forest homes is pushing Chenchu adults deeper into alcohol addiction, making alcoholic liver cirrhosis the major cause of death in this community
As the tricolour slips off the sewing machines at Total Health’s women’s skilling project, we walk around Aragonda village, talking to people about what freedom looks like at 75
Honey drips down K Siva’s gloved forearms as he squeezes the combs over a thin white cloth, with a satisfying squelch. A resident of Thirumalagiri Chenchu
Aragonda village in Thavanampalle Mandal of Andhra Pradesh is famous for its mango varieties – Banganapalle, Neelam, Imampasand, Totapuri, Kalapadi. But a couple of decades ago, its farmers were known to grow paddy followed by sugarcane. What brought about this change?
We travel inside the forests of Amrabad, Telangana, to understand how the Chenchu tribe depends on the forest for their survival
Students in Chittoor learn hygiene habits via modified chekka bhajanas, traditionally used to tell stories from The Ramayana.
The answer seems to lie in the shift in diet to favour white rice in ration shops, changing agricultural patterns, and an overall reduction in movement.
Every product in your house is a culmination of hours of labour. Today, we explore the lifecycle of the jute bag stitched at Total Health’s skill centres
A year in, doctors at the Total Health clinic in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve have learnt that the key to gaining the trust of people in pentas deep inside the forest, is showing up consistently
It means building deep foundations with a long-term view of development
The 22-year-old Irfan celebrates Vinayaka Chaturthi and Ramzan with equal gusto, and talks about how, through yoga, he realised his childhood dream of becoming a teacher
Lunch, a game of Daayam, and two hours of companionship… the Geriatric Nutrition Centres in Thavanampalle are where abandoned senior citizens have fostered a second family
The shared meals, badminton games, visits to the hills, or all of these? The Total Health team shows how it is the love for their village that keeps them going
He was attacked by a rhino, but game watcher at Manas National Park, Arul Rabha, says he’s proud of protecting the animals he shares his forest with
For the elderly villagers of Thavanampalle, yoga became more than a way to control lifestyle diseases – it lifted their spirits and improved their mental health during the pandemic
This health worker couple, who travel to villages deep inside the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana every day, explain why they could not do it without each other
