As part of the Caritas India PROCAP project, a two-day Inception meeting and Program Orientation for Implementing PROCAP Programme was held on the 7th and 8th of June 2022 in Aizawl, Mizoram. The orientation helped the project staff and partner organisation team members to gain an understanding of the concept, objectives, and implementation strategies of PROCAP Program. PROCAP's main goal is to ensure food security of 9,760 forcibly displaced population

Caritas India Head Office Delhi commenced the celebration of World Environment Day 2022 by planting a mango tree sapling on the premises of CBCI. The guest on this occasion, Mr Thomas Preindl from Caritas Austria did the honours of putting the sapling in the ground along with assistance from Fr. Paul, Executive Director, Caritas India in the presence of the entire Caritas head office staff. Later in his address, Fr. Paul spoke about the climate crisis

Tree plantations can help in tackling climate change and reducing global heating. Climate change is one of the contemporary issues which everyone talks but only a bunch of people take the initiative to work toward the solution.   Indiscriminate afforestation and cutting down of trees without replanting lead to many disastrous consequences as it creates an imbalance in the ecosystem. We are closely connected with nature for meeting our basic day-to-day

Caritas India, Caritas Germany and START Network has announced the flood relief plan for the Hojai and Cachar districts of Assam. Almost 9, 625 vulnerable populations will be supported with Food, Hygiene, Shelter and Non-Food Items in these two affected districts.  This response will complement other funding mechanisms and funding streams in a mainstream response through 'gap filling' in time and geography and will also deliver support to the population

Diocesan partners and church institutions have always shown their compassion and solidarity when it comes to serving the poor in need. They have always set powerful examples of new ways of expressing Christian Love in Action. With the 2020 FCRA changes, a major strategy shift occurred, and the collaborative model of implementation was replaced with direct implementation. As a result, Caritas India has begun direct implementation of Gram Nirman Phase

The livestock contributed 26% to the income of smallholder farmers. Apart from dairy, livestock excreta can be used as an input in the farm for soil fertility. The fertile land can yield better production and the agricultural waste can be used to feed the livestock. The net result from such an integrated farming system would be an increase in farmers' income. Mr. Petrus Bakla (45), is an example of a smallholder farmer from Tukra Busty village of

Caritas India had organized a National Conference on Migration on 25th May at Indian Social Institute, Bengaluru with the theme “Building lives of migrants today for a sustainable tomorrow: Migration and SDGs”.  The Chief Guest for the event was Dr. Manjunath Gangadhara, who is the additional labour commissioner of Bengaluru. His Grace, Archbishop Dr. Peter Machado graced the occasion. Fr. Dr. Jolly, Assistant Executive Director of Caritas India

The perspective building and strategic planning workshop of the Pravasi Bandhu program took place on 26th May at the Indian Social Institute of Bangalore and there were 45 participants who participated in the training session. The program is implemented to assist, support and protect internal migrant workers and to create awareness among the potential migrant workers  in Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Rajasthan.