WOMAN ACTIVIST NO MORE (!!).
News Odishabarta
Koraput:Life shattered all happiness of a small famiy at Semiliguda of Koraput district.Pratima Pati(49)wife of Ashok Patra fought with Cancer & at last lost her last breath yesterday night.
A pillar of strength for Machkund dam area backward community people,where except water least expectancy of livelihoods ensured,Pratima started her mission under SPREAD NGO from 1998 to 2006.Started as community mobilizer reached as a master trainer (Woman Coordinator)to guide backward women of water sorrounding area of Machkund where she had to visit by boat those under developed villages time to time.This was her routine work to strengthen water barraged area community to ensure their rights from NTFP which the only resource to tame those landless creatures.Married to Ashok Patra both taken challenges to steadfast assured goal of livelihoods filaments from all forest produced which could bring smile on both processing & marketing.Due to ill health & red signal jinx of Cancer shattered all hopes to continue her social activities. Fortunately her tears sabotaged as strength by her only son who showed all his brilliance & stood Topper in class 10th & exquisite performance in + 2,too,of Koraput district despite all huddles. Koraput lost an elited Woman Activist on her untimely death.