"During this pandemic time, it became very difficult for us to do saving in the group since our husbands lost their jobs and there is no source of earning. The support of fish seedling to our SHG through the Gram Nirman program has motivated us to come together and work towards self-reliance through collective fish farming," shares Lalita Bai, an SHG member from Rajanandgaon in Chhattisgarh. Tribal communities in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are

Each year, on 12 June, World Day Against Child Labour brings together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil society, as well as millions of people from around the world to highlight the plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them. The term “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential, and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.

This year as we observe the International Year of Elimination of Child Labour, the International Community stands at a midway point four years on from the last International Conference held in Argentina and four years more to achieve Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7, Caritas India organised a webinar: Towards Action to End Child Labour” on 15th June during the Week Of Action around the World Day Against Child Labour, 2021. Fr.Jolly, Assistant

Considering the gravity and intensity with which the 2nd wave of covid 19 was spreading, Caritas India on behalf of the Catholic church of India began intervening to supplement and complement the health system by making available our church based facilities and infrastructure as extension units of treatment centres in collaboration with different hospitals. Covid being a health crisis and more so a pandemic has prompted Caritas India to put to

Around the world, rural youth in developing countries are leaving their family farms to seek out employment opportunities in other states. The youth from Arunachal Pradesh are left with no choices but to leave their villages for income opportunities. The youth of Old Champu village in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh is no exception. However, the second wave of the deadly pandemic saw the reversal of these youth to their villages in the absence

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an eye-opener for mainstream India to realise the vulnerabilities of migrant workers in the country. Among the southern states, Kerala has emerged as a major destination for migrant workers. As per the state government’s Post Disaster Needs Assessment 2018, there are 34.85 lakh migrants in Kerala. Inter-state migrant workers have become an important and integral part of the economy of the southern Indian state of

The Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) component of the BMZ Global Program specifically aims to encourage community participation to accelerate the achievement of nutrition targets and strengthen the government nutrition and food service delivery system. A virtual orientation was organized for partner organizations from Assam, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal on 15th and 16th June 2021 to provide an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and operational

World Environment Day was observed in different places of Surokshit Shaishav Project areas in West Bengal on the theme set by United Nations ‘Reimagine, Recreate. Restore' and its focal point is ecosystem restoration. UN defines Ecosystem restoration as preventing, halting, and reversing this damage- to go from exploiting nature to healing it. Child leaders of West Bengal across the six districts celebrated World Environment Day raising awareness