Ghumnabharu village at the Indo-Nepal border is located around 80 km away from the Baharaich district headquarters and around 20 km from the Mihimpurwa Block office in Uttar Pradesh is surrounded by the Kartania Wildlife Sanctuary. The resident communities lack basic amenities like proper Education, Health, Transportation and Electricity. The only support for a living is partial farming, in which many families do not even have land. In such a situation,

The youth from Ramnagar are now well informed about the rumours and fake news. They are the active agent of change in the community to bring peace and harmony. Seven community-based organisations (CBOs) consisting of 71 women and adolescent girls are now working towards peace and health. The peace committee along with the identified Peace and WaSH volunteers are working for peacebuilding and brotherhood in the community. Ramnagar village in Saharanpur

“Trees have an important role to play not only in climate change mitigation but also in reducing vulnerability to climate-related risks”, stated Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. Agroforestry is one of economical Viable, ecologically sustainable and productive and need of the present context. It is neither new nor unique. A few hundred years ago Indian farmers practised agroforestry very successfully, making us a rich nation that everyone

Agriculture marketing is one of the best ways for income generation for farmers who depend on agriculture. But because of the lack of knowledge on marketing by the farmers, their hard work goes unpaid. It is a link between farmers and consumers. Ms Hoichong from New Chalkot village under Peren district of Nagaland realised this opportunity and acted to become financially stabler. She is a good example and a hope for the other farmers to start earning

Considering the present scenario of increasing child labour amidst the multitudes of challenges posed by the pandemic, West Bengal Surokhit Shaishav Partner team along with CBO members held a meeting with Tea Garden Managers after submission of Appeal letters to Gram Panchayat by Child Club Members.   As per the ground reports, child labourers were working in these tea gardens. The primary objective of the meeting was to meet the Managers of Hansqua

As the country is grappling with the post-lockdown crisis and unemployment surge, Caritas India decided to celebrate Christmas this season with newness by launching ‘Christmas Express’, a campaign highlighting the essence of volunteering and building a sharing community. This campaign was launched on 7th December 2020 and was carried out till 15th January 2021. With various activities been organised, Caritas India was able to mobilise around

Biodiversity is the most important foundation for food security. Food security ultimately depends on the protection of the cultural and natural ecosystems services as well as the knowledge and resources needed to produce and process the food. Food security generally depends on three major sources i.e. agricultural (farm) production, wild harvest and trade. Small and marginal farm households depend exclusively on-farm production while wild harvest

Sushil Kumar from Bihar now sells vegetables to fulfil his daily needs. Before the lockdown, he used to work as a guard in one of the factories in Chandigarh but after his return, he opted for this livelihood option to become self-reliant under the Saksham programme. Shital Prakash, a returned migrant also started vending vegetables with the support of Saksham programme. He used to work in Hyderabad as labour but after returning home, he was clueless