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ARTS has brought many changes in the lives of tribal children living in Sikakulam and Vizianagaram of Andhra Pradesh state in India. Action Aid has been working here with local organization ARTS since 2001 and thanks to your support that we have been able to improve the quality of poor Tribal people’s lives so that they could live with respect and dignity and able to raise their voices to access their rights.

In this update we want to share with some of our successes and achievement over the past years. ARTS is working in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts with 6493 tribal families living in 165 villages for the past 9 years. Our main aim has been to strengthen the community and enable them to get enough food and resources for a livelihood.

The major emphasis is on food security & livelihood through land, forest land rights & governance, women and child development. Thanks to your extended support. These successes and more were only possible because of your sponsorship of a child. On behalf of children, families and their communities I thank you for your generosity and support to our work in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts. Featuring the futures Education: ARTS started its work in the interior tribal villages where community not aware of education and not sending their children to school.

There were government schools in the area but people were not aware of the admission system. 268 Children were regularized to join in schools and out of this 6 members have got Govt Jobs in various departments. With the intervention of ARTS, there was change in the lives of children either through providing mid day meals in the schools, to retain the children in schoolsFeaturing the futures Education:

ARTS started its work in the interior tribal villages where community not aware of education and not sending their children to school. There were government schools in the area but people were not aware of the admission system. 268 Children were regularized to join in schools and out of this 6 members have got Govt Jobs in various departments. With the intervention of ARTS, there was change in the lives of children either through providing mid day meals in the schools, to retain the children in schools

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