The 'Jana Galsa' Project aims to give new life to the existing and dying traditional arts in the local area and to provide better employment and income to the local people through these tribal art forms through the formation of enterprises. As the first step of the 'Jana Galsa' Project, which means celebration of the people, Kudumbashree will prepare a comprehensive directory including artists and tribal art forms in the local area of the state. For this, a survey will be conducted in the Scheduled Tribes area.
Enterprises and a State-Level Consortium will be formed as part of the project, including all the local artists under the special projects implemented by Kudumbashree in the local area. Apart from conducting various awareness activities including those of the State Government, opportunities will be provided to these artists in collaboration with institutions like Folklore Academy, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy, KIRTADS. This will provide them with more livelihood opportunities. Kudumbashree will also make efforts to make tribal art forms, culture, rituals and unique food a part of the curriculum in collaboration with the Education Department in connection with this project.
A two-day workshop was organized in Thiruvananthapuram to prepare guidelines related to the 'Jana Galsa' Project and to formulate an action plan.
Dr. B. Sreejith, Programme Officer, Kudumbashree, Dr. Pramod Payyanur, Secretary, Bharat Bhavan, V.V. Lavlin, Programme Officer, Kerala Folklore Academy, K.M. Bharathan, Registrar in Charge, Malayalam University, Satheesh Kumar. K, Research Associate, SCERT, Neena V, Lecturer, KIRTADS, Chandrajith, Social Media Expert, Bharat Bhavan, Dr. M. Shaheed Ali, Senior Lecturer, District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Palakkad, Dr. A. Muhammed Kabir, Prabhakaran. M. State Programme Manager, Kudumbashree, Sarika. S, State Assistant Programme Manager, Kudumbashree and Preetha G. Nair, State Assistant Programme Manager, Kudumbashree gave leadership to the programme. Kudumbashree District Programme Managers and selected artists from the local area participated in the workshop.
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