NFI-FST Peace Awards – Supported by National Foundation of India (NFI), to promote leadership among young leaders working in the states of Assam and Meghalaya. In this year of 2018-2019 Awards were given to 6 awardees which are as follows:
Dibyendu Chakraborty
Project Title: – “Manobikota – (Humanity)”.
Objective – Using creative mediums, enable young people to become peace leaders in the conflict affected areas of Kalibari Char.
Target- Fisherman community of Kalibari Char
Location- Kalibari Char, Silchar
Narsi Ahmed
Name of the Project– Utsah… A Ray of Hope
Name of the Awardee- Narsi Ahmed
Objective- A situational Analysis to ‘Understand the livelihood situation of Women Construction Laborers in Rural and Urban areas of Morigaon and Guwahati City’
Target Group- Women Construction Labourers ( WCL)
Location- Urban- Sixmile 9 (Kamrup Metro), Rural- Mayong block (Morigaon)
Indranee Kalita
Project Name- ‘Mita’
Name of Awardee– Indranee Kalita
Objective- To create awareness on Gender, Gender Identity and Sexuality among the young women from peri-urban areas of Guwahati.
Target- Young Women (LBT Women)
Location- Sonapur, North Guwahati and Kamrup Metro
Shafiul Hassan
Name of the Project- Jagoran (Better Environment for Women)
Name of the Awardee- Shafiul Hassan
Objective- Create awareness amongst the minority communities of char areas of Barpeta, on social issues and stigmas around women.
Target- Minority Bengali Muslim, Girls and Women
Location- Kharballi village of Barpeta (Assam)
Marybell Kharlyngdoh
Name of the project- Supporting Gender Action Plan in Pongkung village of Meghalaya
Name of the Awardee- Mary Kharlyngdoh
Objective-
To Create awareness on Health and Hygiene among the young adolescent girls and boys in Amospero Secondary School.
To enable the school Management to construct separate toilets for boys and girls and thereby reduce dropout rate.
Target- Senior Secondary Scholl students (Boys and Girls)
Location- Amospero Secondary School, Pongkung Village, Meghalaya
Sonia Tanti
Name of the project- Puwati
Name of the Awardee- Sonia Tanti
Objective- To Create awareness on Health and Hygiene among the Adivasi Tea Workers at the Letekujan Tea Estate, Jorhat.
To enable the school Management to construct separate toilets for boys and girls and thereby reduce dropout rate.
Target- Tea Workers at Letekujan Tea Estate, Jorhat.