Monthly Archives: July 2018

“Finding our Grassroots”: Storytelling workshop

Young story tellers come together to create storyboards for indigenous messages at a storytelling workshop at NESFAS.    What started as a sharing of work over cups of teas on the 13th and 14th July under the title “Tea Time … Continue reading

Posted in WORKSHOPS | Tagged | Comments Off on “Finding our Grassroots”: Storytelling workshop

NESFAS activates its “No one shall be left behind” project supported by REC

NESFAS activates its “No one shall be left behind” project supported by REC Foundation (Rural Electrical Corporation Ltd), with a 3-Day Partnership Workshop with its partners NEN Nagaland, SSC Shillong and SURE Jaintia Hills, on 11/07/18. Over a three-year period, … Continue reading

Posted in NEWS | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on NESFAS activates its “No one shall be left behind” project supported by REC

Tea-time stories: Finding our Grassroots. JOIN US!

  ARE YOU A STORYTELLER? Join us for an evening session called “Tea-time Stories: Finding Our Grassroots” on the 13th and 14th July 2018, organized by NESFAS. Open to visual/graphic artists, storytellers, filmmakers, photographers, bloggers, content writers, and, communication enthusiasts. … Continue reading

Posted in WORKSHOPS | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Tea-time stories: Finding our Grassroots. JOIN US!

School garden: One way to defend our traditional farming systems

Lumstoin LP School in Mookyniang Khlieh Tyrshi village recently launched a new school garden on the 29th June 2018 in their premises. It all started in December 2017 when a team from the Thadlaskein Block approached NESFAS to help in … Continue reading

Posted in FIELD | Tagged | Comments Off on School garden: One way to defend our traditional farming systems

Business Opportunities

SHORT TENDER NOTICE North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) will undertake Baseline Survey & Analysis in 11 Project Districts of Meghalaya & Nagaland for REC-funded project, “No One Shall Be Left Behind Initiative: Biodiversity for Food, Nutrition and … Continue reading

Posted in ADVERTISEMENT | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Business Opportunities

Traditional embroidery technique of Meghalaya- ‘KHNENG’

The only known village for Khneng embroidery, Mustoh village, is located near the Bangladesh border in Shella Bholaganj Block of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya, India. It is situated 80km away from the State’s capital, Shillong. “The art of … Continue reading

Posted in FIELD | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Traditional embroidery technique of Meghalaya- ‘KHNENG’