Ankush Vengurlekar
Joint founders ('started ... jointly by')Founder of Adivasi Lives Matter
Ankush Vengurlekar is the joint founders ('started ... jointly by') of Adivasi Lives Matter (2016)[1], an Indian non-profit working on tribal welfare and arts & culture from Tilda.
Adivasi Lives Matter
Adivasi Lives Matter, a platform run by Prayog Samaj Sevi Sanstha from Tilda in Chhattisgarh, amplifies Adivasi voices through digital storytelling. Its Adivasi Awaaz academy trains young tribal creators — more than 500 across eight states so far — who have published over 4,000 original stories and videos on culture, food, language, history and traditional medicine.
Adivasi Lives Matter reports the following, on its own site:
- 500+ Adivasi Creators
- 4000+ Original Stories
- 8 States
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Tilda
- Founded
- 2016
- Press
- 0
References
- [1] “The initiative was started in 2016 jointly by Ashish Birulee, Ankush Vengurlekar and Isha Chitnis with a vision to enable Adivasi/Tribal youth and individuals in creating & sharing digital stories about Adivasi culture, language, tradition and social issues.” — Adivasi Lives Matter. Source
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