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Bodytree gives full-time student fellowships to committed young tribal students from all over India to become traditional medicine community health practitioners. We currently have nine students from four indigenous communities: Chakma, Khani, Paniya and Nayika, who are following our five year fellowship programme. Bodytree is against the discrimination of Adivasis: Even though there are many Indian laws protecting the rights of Adivasis, there is a long history of discrimination against indigenous people, often referred to as “backward castes/classes”. This places huge barriers that prevent people from indigenous backgrounds from achieving academically. Bodytree doesn't require students to have completed their formal education before joining the project. It insists on students being interested, engaged and passionate to learn, with the aim that they will then go on to preserve and disseminate the practice of traditional aspects of indigenous culture that are disappearing. How are Bodytree students trained in Adivasi Ayurveda? The students are taught to use Ayurveda in combination with other traditional and contemporary medical approaches to address community health needs. They study the culture, traditions, art, architecture and literature of their own and other tribal communities. They learn about the practice of sustainable traditional agriculture; ecology; the environment; social and other natural sciences; sociology, human rights, racism, castism and the politics of medicine. Empowerment of Adivasis Bodytree focuses on the empowerment of its students by offering resources that enable them to become self reliant and encouraging a confidence to pass on the skills that they gain. The students learn to manage the centre, the accounts and the administration; they learn to drive, to carry out basic maintenance of vehicles and household maintenance; they learn to organise, lead and perform at workshops and events; to prepare medicines, carry out treatments and give advice on primary health care issues; they learn to stand up for their rights and demand respect both as individuals and as proud members of tribal communities.
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