Unlocking the Impact of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Realizing the Opportunity
Published: 2017
Author(s) Name: Achyuta Samanta, Dwiti Vikramaditya, Nidhi Singh |
Author(s) Affiliation: Founder, Kalinga Inst. of Social Sciences (K.I.S.S.), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Tech., Odisha.
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Abstract
In 2015, the United Nations released the final text of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). The transition from Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) to SDGs offer the civil society,
NGOs, government and development organisations bothlucrative
opportunity and challenge to strengthen as facilitators
of development and address the root cause of poverty. NGOs in
the past decade have assumed a center stage in realizing the
educational rights of vulnerable and less-privileged groups like the
tribals. It is in this context, this paper analyses the impact of Kalinga
Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)- an NGO based in eastern
region of India that caters to the basic needs of tribal children,
with education as a potential tool in achieving various SDGs. The
present paper is a case study which analyses how KISS plays its
role in addressing SDG#1 and SDG#4 i.e. Ending poverty in all
its forms everywhere and ensuring inclusive and equitable quality
education and promoting lifelong and learning opportunities for
all. The first part of the paper discusses the importance of SDGs
and the role for NGOs in helping strengthen this transition from
MDGs. The second part deals with the evolution of KISS. Third
part of the paper throws light on various mechanisms and tools
used by this institution in providing vocational education, free food,
accommodation, health care and all other basic necessities to tribal
children completely free of cost under single roof. The fourth part
of the paper shows as to how the NGO (KISS) has brought new
thinking to overcome the challenge of ending extreme poverty by
providing holistic education through imparting livelihood learning
skills and responding to various SDGs. The final thoughts draw
upon as to how NGOs can link education with productivity, economic
development and individual prosperity and how innovation in
education can impart holistic education to the tribals.
Keywords: Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Tribals, Sustainable Development Goals, Odisha
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