Women farmers of Maharashtra converged in Mumbai to celebrate their successes in fighting the challenges of climate change and socio-economic marginalisation. Caritas India and her partners in Maharashtra organised the two-day women farmers festival ‘Mahila Shetkari Utsav’ to create an exchange platform for women farmers to share their farming wisdom. Eighty small and marginal holder women farmers from twelve districts of Maharashtra participated

What started as an experiment a few years ago has now grown into a thriving kitchen garden with over 10 varieties of vegetables at Jongksha Village of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The kitchen garden cultivates chemical-free crops of radish, mustard, cabbage, coriander, onion, and beans. The garden also grows wild edible such asJyllang, Jalyntah, Jakhaiñ, Jali and Ja myrdoh which belongs to Ms Shidalang, a member of the Iatreilang SHG at Jongksha

Rega Soy could not pursue his education due to great poverty and turn to cattle-based agriculture as a source of survival. The resident of Regadih village in Saraikela - Kharsawan district of Jharkhand was facing difficulty in securing his food and was solely dependent on the predominant rainfed paddy.  The situation became further difficult after his marriage to maintain and had to search for additional work to secure the daily food requirements

It was a tragic day for the people of Kerala to hear about the death of 27 persons including 5 children due to the heavy rain and landslides in the high range districts namely Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki. The flood and landslides caused due to heavy rain and lightning swept away the houses and crop fields of farmers Five bodies are yet to be found. At this juncture, the Kerala Catholic Youth Movement (KCYM), the official regional organization

Breast cancer accounts for 14% of cancers in Indian women and it is reported that every four minutes, an Indian woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. The breast cancer awareness campaign is supported by Caritas India in Kerala to raise awareness of the basic facts about the disease, such as signs and symptoms, which will lead to cancers being caught earlier and increasing the chances of survival. Caritas India in collaboration with the DSSSs observed

Caritas India as part of her journey towards embracing the 60th year of her existence organized its 2nd regional Assembly in the Northeast Region on 28th October 2021.  The Assembly held at the magnanimous Silver Jubilee Memorial Hall of North East Diocesan Social Forum (NEDSSS) commenced with the Eucharistic Celebration presided by Most Rev. John Moolachira, Archbishop of Guwahati, President of NEIRBC, and Chairman of Regional Forum. Fr Dr Paul

A two-day regional workshop on Food Sovereignty was organised by Caritas India from October 26 to 27, 2021 at the silver jubilee memorial conference hall of Northeast diocesan social service societies, Guwahati. Altogether 76 participants of 16 partner organisations from all seven states have participated. 16 farmers stalls were installed by 16 partner organisations to showcase their organic farm produces as well as wild edibles under the FARM NE

Children Rights are Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was developed in 1989 and is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights for children i.e. civil, cultural, economic, political and social. social. It is a recognition by world leaders that children have human rights and people under 18 years old often need special care and protection that adults do not.