Save Similipal

A Mission Towards Restoring the Indigenous knowledge system associated with health care among the people inhabited in & around Similipal Biosphere.
Achievements & Impacts

• Common villagers have become aware on the need for the protection of medicinal plants for their own health services
• Four Block level federation of Indigenous practitioners have been formed comprising of 206 members.
• Increased application of indigenous healthcare practices in the treatment of health problems faced by tribals and poor in large nos. of villages
• Recognition of local vaidyas increased to a large extent at the panchayat/block level.
• Interface between the vaidya and the common villagers at the local market created an awareness on the need for the protection of the medicinal plants.
• Collection of various parts of the medicinal plant species from the wild has been checked to a large extent
• Exhibition of various posters and placards at the exhibition and folk songs and street theatres created an health awareness among the common villagers on the community health approach based on indigenous medicinal practices
• Four numbers of Green Health Clubs (GHCs) have been formed with 120 members.
• Members of the GHCs have created motivational programs with the vaidyas at the village level on promotion of indigenous health care practices and protection of medicinal plants and creation of herbal home gardens.
• Essay and debate competitions in schools generated a sense of interest among the students for the promotion of indigenous medicinal practices.
• Community herbal gardens are being developed to cultivate and propagate not only common but also rare & endangered medicinal plants by the vaidya sanghas.
• 4 herbal garden have been formed in school campuses through green health club & organization of indigenous health practitioners. Maintenance & care of plants is taken by the members of Green Health club
• Reasonable efficacy in treating, healing and curing many kinds of diseases, plant based alternative medicine has gained momentum
• Improved understanding of health problems faced by women and children in tribal villages.
• This has created lot of awareness on simple steps to make childbearing devoid of dangers, pre-natal care, and care of the new born.
• Increased awareness on sanitation and cleanliness
• Lot of younger generation people have shown interest to learn the indigenous heath practices
• Sharing of information on the formulation of various medicines has improved the knowledge among the youth vaidyas