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    Keletsino Mejura is an IDR Northeast Media Fellow 2024–25. She also works as a communications and documentation consultant with Northeast Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA), a nonprofit focused on rural livelihoods and water and sanitation access in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Nagaland. Previously, she was a documentation associate at The Entrepreneurs Associates, a Kohima-based nonprofit. Keletsino is passionate about storytelling, with a focus on gender, climate, and social development, and has written for many local publications. 


    Areas of expertise

    Communications, social media, research, writing, public relations


    Currently working at

    Northeast Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA)


    Articles by Keletsino Mejura

    An aerial view of a massive landfill site filled with heaps of waste and plastic debris. Scattered across the trash are makeshift shelters, tarpaulins, and piles of collected recyclables. A few people can be seen sorting through the garbage, surrounded by large sacks and baskets used to gather materials. The scene highlights the harsh working and living conditions of waste pickers amidst an overwhelming expanse of urban waste._Waste management
    Environment
    September 4, 2025
    ​Wasting a city: Nagaland’s urban waste crisis
    Nagaland’s poor urban waste management is as much due to poor infrastructure and low funding, as it is due to the slow behavioural change among its citizens.
    by Keletsino Mejura | 6 min read
    Agriculture
    January 15, 2025
    All is not well in Nagaland’s oil palm plantations
    Nagaland’s water-guzzling oil palm plantations are neither profitable nor good for the soil. But farmers are holding on with the hope that their fate will change.
    by Keletsino Mejura | 2 min read
    Two women in a forest in Nagaland_conservation
    Environment
    December 6, 2024
    In Nagaland, conservation and entrepreneurship go hand in hand
    Community institutions in Nagaland have autonomy over land management and conservation. But the lack of a state conservation policy and funding have prompted nonprofits to turn to social entrepreneurship.
    by Keletsino Mejura | 7 min read
    Livelihoods
    November 22, 2024
    Rongmei youth in Nagaland fish for opportunities
    Lacking ST status, Rongmei youth in Nagaland struggle to access government jobs. Entrepreneurship offers a way forward, but it comes with challenges.
    by Keletsino Mejura | 2 min read
    a coffee plantation with a sign in the middle
    Agriculture
    October 23, 2024
    A village of coffee growers in Nagaland seeks a better market
    In Nagaland’s Sendenyu village, 23 families run a coffee farm together to earn their livelihood. But there are market challenges they need to overcome.
    by Keletsino Mejura | 2 min read
    The entrance of Aphu’s Store at Sokhrieze Complex BOC-thrift
    Livelihoods
    October 11, 2024
    What is changing in Nagaland’s thrift fashion industry?
    Digital and physical thrift stores in Nagaland continue to coexist despite a shift in sustainable clothing trends. But it isn’t an easy ride.
    by Keletsino Mejura | 6 min read
    Dried statice, a common gift in Nagaland-dried wildflowers
    Livelihoods
    August 29, 2024
    Photo essay: Women drive the dry flower business in Nagaland
    Nagaland’s women entrepreneurs have turned their flower drying tradition into a sustainable source of livelihoods. However, they still struggle for government support.
    by Keletsino Mejura, Thejavor Kintso | 7 min read
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