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Dantewada · Nutrition & Health

Bapi Na Uwat

Bapi Na Uwat is an innovative community-led SBC initiative launched in Dantewada by the district administration and UNICEF to reduce malnutrition and improve health behaviours in tribal communities.

Bapi Na Uwat
The initiative uses trusted elderly women, known as "Bapis," to spread awareness on nutrition, breastfeeding, maternal care, and child health through local traditions and conversations. Implemented across 143 gram panchayats, the programme combines traditional wisdom with behaviour change communication tools such as local language videos, chaupals, and community engagement activities. Supported by village volunteers and frontline workers, the campaign has helped strengthen trust, awareness, and community participation around health and nutrition practices in remote areas of Bastar.

Yuvoday

Yuvoday is a youth-led volunteer movement launched in Chhattisgarh with support from district administrations and UNICEF to strengthen community participation and behaviour change. Meaning "Rise of the Youth," the initiative has built a network of over 12,000 volunteers who work across villages, urban wards, and tribal communities.

BijaDuteer

BijaDuteer is a youth volunteer initiative in Bijapur supported by the District Administration, UNICEF, and Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti. In the local dialect, "Bija" refers to Bijapur and "Duteer" means messenger, representing a youth brigade working as community messengers for positive change.

JAY HO!

JAY HO, the Jashpur Alliance of Youth for Hope and Opportunity, is a youth empowerment initiative in Jashpur launched by the District Administration and UNICEF to support adolescent wellbeing and positive behaviour change.