Diocesan Directors from the Social Apostolate of Kerala gathered at the Kerala Social Service Forum (KSSF) Kottayam on January 6, 2022, to deliberate, reflect and share the regional aspirations and priorities. The Kerala Regional Assembly was organized by Caritas India to garner continued partnership engagement of the social apostolate in the post-Covid and post-FCRA Amendment environment. The fourth in a series, Caritas India is culminating the

A host of media representatives, civil society organizations and NGOs from India and Nepal virtually assembled to discuss the gaps and challenges of cross border Indo-Nepal Human Trafficking and create a platform to dialogue with policymakers to formalise SOP between the countries. The meeting was organized by Caritas India, which is working at the Indo-Nepal cross border areas to combat human trafficking through its Swaraksha anti-Human trafficking

How do we achieve food sovereignty – by investing in sustainable agriculture, promoting food diversity, providing fair price of the produce, restoring soil fertility without damaging the environment, promoting localised food system, build knowledge and skills. Small and marginalised farmers are the key as they constitute 78 percent of the country’s farmer who owns 33 percent of cultivated land still contributes 41 percent of the country’s food

Caritas India along with the Karnataka Regional Forum hosted the Karnataka Regional Assembly of the social apostolate on January 10, 2022, to strengthen the partnership and plan for the upcoming diamond jubilee. The regional assembly started with a eucharistic celebration led by Most Rev. Francis Serrao, President of Karnataka Regional Organization for Social Service (KROSS), Bengaluru and Bishop of Shivamogga Diocese. In his homily, he said that

Caritas India, with the support of Caritas Germany, conducted a 2-day Real-Time Evaluation/Reflection (RTE/R) on COVID-19 Humanitarian Response, a mega pan India humanitarian response undertaken by Caritas India. The event took place at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India from 13-14 December 2021. It was led by the Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction (HA-DRR) thematic of Caritas India and attended by focal persons engaged in the COVID-19

Sabal programme which was started in 2016 as a response to address the chronic hunger and malnutrition prevailing among the Korku tribal community in 141 villages of Khalwa block of Madhya Pradesh and Melghat region of Maharashtra has completed its five years in December 2021. A two-day impact review cum strategic preparations meeting was organized to celebrate the success of the 5 years of programme implementation. Dr. Saju MK set the context by

Hundreds of volunteers or Caritas Samaritans have participated in the Kerala Volunesia21 to support the Race For Cancer Care and celebrate the volunteering in the State.  Caritas state team in Kerala has organized a physical gathering of these volunteers in 3 different locations as part of the Volunesia21 programme of Caritas India in December 2021. In each event, more than 300 Volunteers gathered and celebrated Volunteering activities. Volunteers

He collects the tender tea leaves from his field and traditionally pounds them.  The water is extracted from the leaves and dried in the sunlight after which the leaves are dry-fried from a pot to get an aroma and for preservation. “I put the tea leaves on a big plate to cool down,” says Jamang, the cultivator. “If not cooled down it will not give the desired flavour of the handmade tea.” The tender green leaves are harvested from trees