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The Ant is based at Bongaigaon in Assam. It works directly with villagecommunities in villages of Chirang district north of Bongaigaon town and indirectly as a resource to organisations in other parts of northeast India.

Working directly at the village level in about 50 villages across 5 gaon panchayats on issues of health, women's empowerment, information, livelihoods and sensitising people to press for their entitlements from the government ; village pharmacists through women volunteers; women's groups; alternate income opportunities through weaving, mushroom cultivation, banana plantation; information collection & distribution in user-friendly ways.
Indirectly, plays support & training roles on various issues: community health, malaria, rational drugs; social analysis; leadership training, NGO formation & management.
   
  For further details, contact: theant.org
 
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