Thirty-Three Years, Eighteen Districts: What ‘Reaching the Unreached’ Actually Looks Like in Odisha
Development work in India often moves in cycles of enthusiasm: a project launches with fanfare, runs for three to five years, and quietly winds down when the grant ends. Sambandh, a non-profit based in Bhubaneswar, has taken the opposite approach since it began in 1992, treating community development in Odisha as a multi-decade commitment rather…