India is one of the world’s largest producers of milk & pulses and ranks the second-largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruits, and cotton, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Despite this, 14 per cent of India’s population is undernourished, according to ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2020’. The report states 189.2 million people are undernourished

Songlhuh village is one of the oldest villages among the Kuki tribe in Athibung block of Peren District, Nagaland. It is one of the FARM villages with 112 households and a population of 512. Most of the inhabitants are shifting cultivators. They cultivate paddy along with varieties of vegetables like yam, tapioca, ginger, chilly, brinjal, sesame etc. Documentation and dissemination of non-cultivated food and vegetables has been a successful programme

Sustainable agricultural practices are the primary focus of the Sabal programme in the regions of Khalwa block of Khandwa – Madhya Pradesh and Chikkaldhara block of Paratwada – Maharashtra to address the chronic malnutrition and hunger in the region. It helps to ensure self-reliance with local, alternative measures that will free poor and marginal farmers from financial burden. Farmers were encouraged to prepare organic pest and nutrition management

Prishty Lekthepi starts her day by cleaning and cooking, but what she is really passionate about starts after that. This passion not only gave her happiness but also helped her to overcome her poverty.   “I earned Rs. 60,000 from silk and managed to repay the entire loan taken from SHGs and also paid my children’s school fees,” says the sericulture farmer from Kangbura Tokbi village in the remotest villages of Karbi Anglong district of Assam.

Caritas India’s aim is to provide a dedicated friendly space for children at Police Stations, where they can play, learn, and express themselves freely while they interact with Police. The recently inaugurated child-friendly Station Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur is the fifth district in West Bengal wherein Caritas India has supported, motivated, and worked with the law enforcement agency to establish a child-friendly space inside a police station.

A virtual training session was organised on Thursday, 17th February 2022 to train the on-ground program team on the basics of photography and videography. The entire session lasted for two hours and was divided into two parts including training and a small exercise along with assessment. The training aimed at capacitating partner team and refurbishing Caritas India's social media with regards to the quality of content uploaded. This in turn would

"The HIV epidemic has an overall decreasing trend in the country with estimated annual New HIV infections declining by 37% between 2010 and 2019,” says HIV estimates report (2019) of the Government, India. The efforts are remarkable to fade away this epidemic but there are people still infected and coping with this life threatening disease. The report says according to the estimate around 23.49 lakh people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in 2019. 

World Sick Day is observed on February 11 around the globe to encourage prayers for those suffering in sickness. The day invites attention towards people dealing with various illnesses as well as their caretakers. It seeks cognizance for those among us who are unable to look after themselves and their body struggles to recover. The theme for this year's World Sick Day is "Be merciful as your Father is merciful", as declared by the Vatican. As the