“How did you succeed in farming oranges at the hill slope,” asked the journalist who came to interview Daniel Maring who has made a distant dream come true in the Konaitong village of Manipur. Daniel had worked his way up one patch to another and then a few acres and is now a proud owner of the 3-acre orange farm on the hill slope of his village. It was a challenging journey. The terrain was difficult and soil conditions were against him, but

The International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking is observed every year on February 8 across the Globe which is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita. Born around 1869 in Sudan, Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped and sold into slavery at the age of seven and trafficked to Italy. In 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized St. Bakhita, concluding that she “came to understand the profound truth that God, and not man, is the true Master

Food security continues to be a matter of grave concern for India. Despite being the second-largest producer of food, India is home to the world’s second-largest undernourished population (195.9 million). The Government of India has taken significant steps for providing food security and combating malnutrition over the past four decades through the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) by providing supplementary food to children, pregnant

Caritas Institute of Development Action and Learning (CIDAL) of Caritas India organised a webinar “Close the Care Gap: Realising the problem” on 4th February 2022 to observe World Cancer Day 2022. Caritas India has been working on Cancer Care Campaign since 2014 and have a lot to share our experiences. The theme of WCD this year is Close the Care Gap: Realising the problem. The webinar was attended by around more than 200 participants. “World

World Cancer Day is one singular initiative under which the entire world unites in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. Caritas India has been involved through various activities to help the community face, control and prevent this killing disease for the past few years. Caritas India intervened in this global issue of Cancer through a humble initiative of the Ashakiranam Cancer care campaign in the year 2014 in Kerala. In the last 8 years

Although the intensity of the third wave of Covid is declining with the fall in daily cases, challenges for the vulnerable from the outbreak of the pandemic continue to persist. The extensive lockdown in the country not only affected the employment of individuals but showcased the debilitating state of affairs across the country. Despite the sincere efforts of the government to tackle the spread of the Pandemic and substantial loss faced by the poor,

A chain of help is practiced by the SHGs in rural villages that were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The Rupali Self Help Group of Lakhipur village helped their neighbour by giving away a goat and some ducklings, through the support they received from Covid response. The Covid-19 Lockdown in 2020 had hit hard on the Farm Northeast project villages. Most of these villages were badly affected and mostly the women had to bear the brunt in

The miracle of seed (a tiny source holds the potential within) to recreate an entity of a plant or tree. We like many other species enjoy its pleasures through the taste of its fruit, smell from its flower, and relax under its shade. It is the seed that holds promise for the future. The huge diversity of crops that we see in Indian agriculture would not have been flourished without the constant engagement of the smallholders with the seed. This