Community development and malnutrition: a conglutinate effort of the tribes

Community elucidates a space between the isolated individual and the anonymous mass; it matters as a term because it identifies a group of people who shares knowledge, food, and creativity, conjointly working for each other, while malnutrition is a factor which may prohibit development as a whole. Protein Calorie Malnutrition is a common phenomenon among most people especially indigenous mass, the tribes. The forest-based tribes who are suffering from Malnutrition since time immemorial. The present sequel emphasized on the Lodha and the Santal tribes of the Jual Bhanga village, at Jhargram District, West Bengal, with different occupational status, food habits, available food and nutritional statuslead to malnutrition especially protein calorie malnutrition among them, while sine qua none of human being is value oriented, not, need based motivation. The study emphasized to conglutinate thetribe duo, in community enhancement program to bring their surplus in a common place and use thereat, for better orientation, introduction of community kitchen to propagate community development and restriction of malnutrition.