Caritas India handed over the keys of 308 newly constructed cyclone resilient houses to the vulnerable community at Puri District of Odisha State. In an inauguration ceremony on 21st November 2021, the community has taken possession of these houses. Puri District is located at the east coastline of the country that is frequently impacted by high tides and cyclones. In 2019, extremely severe cyclone Fani hit the Puri coast with a wind speed of around

The Impact of Covid-19 in Nepal is seen now when the Indo-Nepal border which was seized for the last eight months is open and a large number of women and young girls are crossing the border to travel to Indian Metropolitan cities and other countries in search of work. A fresh case of rescue was reported by Caritas India Partner DEHAT continuously in the last two weeks where two young girls were saved from the clutches of brokers due to prompt action

The 17 days long Development Dynamic Course (DDC) was conducted on November 24, 2021, under the banner of the Caritas Institute of Development Action and Learning (CIDAL) at DMI St. Thomas International Centre, Chennai. The valedictory session was attended by Bishop Mar Sebastian Pozholiparambil of Hosur and Fr. (Dr.) Paul Moonjely, Executive Director, Caritas India. Bishop Mar Sebastian Pozholiparambil also release the report of the course during

Archbishop of Ranchi, Most Rev. Felix Toppo presided over the launching ceremony of Gram Nirman Second phase supported by Caritas Australia and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) at Ranchi, Jharkhand. He said it is our explicit responsibility to reach out to the marginalized communities and uplift them for a better life by helping them to improve their economic and social life. He stressed getting prepared for Post Pandemic

As Caritas India has traversed a long way and reaching the 60th year of its existence in 2022, we are at a threshold to reflect and contemplate on the years traversed together along with our diocesan partners and other stakeholders in the pursuit of integral development and nation-building. Moreover, the outbreak of the COVID pandemic and FCRA amendment disrupted the functioning of the development sector, through Caritas India in collaborative support

A girl from Hempur village of district Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh was rescued from being trafficked, informed the Caritas India team. The local Police have detained the perpetrator and registered an FIR under the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act, 370 IPC. Caritas India partner DEHAT team received the information about a girl being sold in a village in Hempur village of district Shravasti which is 110 KM from the DEHAT Swaraksha AHT Program Intervention

Fish cultivation in paddy fields is as primitive as farming itself in other states of North East India but in Assam, this system has recently been adopted by farmers to diversify their income. In this farming system, rice is the primary enterprise whereas fishes contribute towards additional income. In India, more than 70 per cent population depend on paddy cultivation. Communities from Karbi Anglong district in Assam consider paddy as the main staple

A group of young and talented social work trainees are dancing on the streets to spread awareness of Cancer. The people are bound to stop and see this beautiful performance aimed to dispel the myths related to cancer, its symptoms and promote early detection screening. Shreyas Social Service Society, a Caritas India partner of Ashakiranam Cancer Care Campaign at Sultan Bathery, Wayanad in Kerala has initiated a Cancer Awareness Campaign as part of