As part of the Caritas India Navjeevan Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) program, the first batch of four days residential Training of Trainers (TOT) program was organised on 26th October 2021 at Alleppey hosted by Alleppey Diocesan Charitable & Social Welfare Society. The training was conducted for 15 DRR Coordinators and 15 selected task force volunteers from 15 dioceses in collaboration with Kerala State Disaster Management Authority. Disaster

Organization Development Process (ODP) Training was organised by Caritas India in Don Bosco Provincial House, Matunga, Mumbai for the Development Organization leaders (Regional Fora Directors, Diocesan Directors, Congregation Provincials and senior development workers.  This training was participated by 6 Regional Fora Directors, 28 Diocesan Directors & Assistant Directors, 4 Congregation heads and 7 lay Thematic Experts.  Mr Khilesh Chaturvedi

The Annual Saksham Review meeting was held physically after a gap of two years on 19th – 20th October 2021. This review meeting was well-conceived and designed for the purpose of coming together as a Saksham family to share and learn. The theme for this meeting was “Odyssey of Learning” which means a journey of experiences. The partners from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand came together with rich experiences from the ground

During the year 2022, Caritas India shall embark on her journey towards embracing the 60th year of her existence. 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. Our mission of translating human and Christian values into social action has been very enabling and empowering. Covid 19 pandemic even though

Ashakiranam Cancer Care Campaign launched the Pink Resource Center in Ernakulam to mark the observation of Breast Cancer month in Kerala. Welfare Services Ernakulam, the local partner of Caritas India in the Ernakulam- Angamaly Arch Diocese launched this unique Pink Resource Centre in their campus for the public community. Every year, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed in October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for

Literacy is vital, and education does not have to be limited to the classroom. The poor & marginalised do not have the resources or motivation to have or know about the benefits of reading. We need to cultivate a culture of reading as it takes a child a long way. Books need to be made a part of the environment a child grows up in. The pandemic has altered our perceptions of education by transforming physical classes into virtual classes, which

On International Day of Risk reduction, Caritas India launched an annual campaign around building resilient communities based on the inherent potential of these communities to risk asses, calamity response, and post-disaster rehabilitation under the Global Program India Initiative. Caritas India also dedicated its annual series of lectures to be around the topic of the annual campaign. Stalwarts, practitioners, and stakeholders from Disaster Management

The thirty days long nutrition festival concluded on 30th September. Korkus celebrated national nutrition month to promote the theme “Nutrition keeps you Shining” pledging to continue fighting their deep-rooted enemy “Kuposhan” (malnutrition). Caritas India Sabal program in collaboration with Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) department raised community awareness about nutrition and healthy eating habits. The nutrition month was