“I had heard of mushroom cultivation but never tried it, so it was new for me and many of us. I thought it was a quick and easy way to make money,” said Rosemary Baghwar, one of the women group members from Golaghat district of Assam. Seva Kendra Dibrugarh (SKD), a Caritas India local partner for FARM North East program encouraged women to find a way to supplement their income. Traditionally, women stay at home to take care of household chores

The next phase of the BMZ child rights proposal for West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Assam would focus on prevention, protection and development aspects. During Covid Pandemic 2020, India has recorded over 350 Crimes against children each day, according to National Criminal Records Bureau (NCRB). The high rate of incidences of crime against children forced Caritas India to take necessary action and develop programs to alleviate the situation of Children

Climate change is seen as an environmental crisis but it has a deeper interlinkage with development challenges. The effect of one transcends to the other in one form or the other. The situaiton needs a comprehensive and inclusive approach to address the issue. Caritas Institute of Development, Action and Learning (CIDAL), Indian Council of Social Welfare (ICSW) and CEVA co-organised a workshop on Climate adaptive approaches and practices to enlighten

Last Thursday, domestic workers mostly women from Delhi assembled at Haiderpur to celebrate the international domestic workers’ day under the Caritas India Pravasi Bandhu program. The event was hosted by Partner NGO Nirmana, under the Pravasi Bandhu program on June 16, 2022. Around 60 domestic workers and their leaders participated in the event. Sharing the situation of migrant domestic workers, Mr. Subhash Bhatnagar, Director of Nirmana, said,

Caritas India’s observed World Day against Child Labour to promote the theme “Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour” in the program areas. Multiple activities were organised to mark the day and create awareness for the common public. The World Day Against Child Labour is observed every year on the 12th of June to highlight the steps that need to be taken to eliminate child labour. The day is observed to revamp and raise awareness

For years, the smallholder farmers of the Bishwanath district in Assam worked on their small land in a disorganised manner using age-old techniques, and tools but struggled to produce sufficient crops for their sustenance. They had no resources, facilities, or access to advance agriculture knowledge.  In 2019, Tezpur Social Service Society (TSSS), the partner of the Caritas India FARM program brought these farmers into farmer groups and started

A 3-day workshop on “Climate adaptive approaches and practices'' was organized at Shreyas, Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad district from 8th to 10th June 2022 for NGOs who are taking active steps in creating replicable models of green initiatives. A total of 44 NGO representatives working on green initiatives and climate-resilient practices from the Thrissur, Malappuram, and Wayanad districts of Kerala participated in this workshop. The workshop was supported

The success of any community-centred project is the responsibility of the primary stakeholders of the project who take the responsibility and ensure the developmental activities in the village. Such kind of ownership encourages responsibility and accountability among the community people leading to active participation. It also promotes cooperation, coordination and collaboration between the stakeholders and the community in the U3 intervention areas.