As part of promoting various eco-friendly measures in the Laudato Si anniversary year, Caritas Institute of Developmental Action & Learning (CIDAL) organised a state-level webinar for the partners of Caritas India in Karnataka. The year 2020 brought with it a significant anniversary for environmentalists around the world, as fifty years had passed since the celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970. This golden anniversary was accompanied by

Collective Farming holds relevance in the present crisis when food security is at stake due to the different climate change scenarios. It addresses the challenge of manual labour for agriculture as several families come together to work in allocated land. With the basic principle of collective ownership, it infuses the feeling of cooperation and sharing of resources. Inbung is a small village in Athibung block of Peren District in Nagaland under

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwD), 2020 was observed by Caritas India Swaraksha Anti-Human Trafficking (AHT) programme in various parts of Uttar Pradesh. Every year, 3rd December is observed as the International Day of Person with Disabilities to promote full and equal participation of persons with disabilities and to take action for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society and development. This year,

Simple farm trenches have changed the landscape of Ramnagar Block of West Champaran in Bihar that does not have assured source of irrigation for agriculture. Every year, the severe drought-like situation used to affect smallholder farmers of Ramnagar Block. Majority of villagers in the area depends on agriculture for their livelihood. In the peak summers, most of the water sources dry up leaving the people at the mercy of nature. To mitigate these

Caritas India and Indian Social Institute-Bengaluru jointly organised a virtual release of Handbook and Assessment Report on Community Mobilisation, two publications of Caritas India and Indian Social Institute, on 03 December 2020. The handbook on community mobilisation is titled “Development Anchored in Community Intelligence” and the assessment report is titled as “Development as Community-Led Journey: Learnings from Community Mobilization

Backyard poultry is practised by the majority of the poor and marginalized rural households all over India. These households rely on low-cost poultry rearing to supplement and enhance their livelihood. It not only provides nutritional security but also reduces livelihood vulnerability and promotes gender equity. The nation has experienced one of the largest exoduses of smallholders and waged labours due to Covid-19 pandemic. This has put more pressure

To commemorate the fifth anniversary of Laudato Si, Caritas India made a series of events in association with its Partners and collaborators in India. As part of promoting Laudato Si plan in Kerala, the regional forum in Kerala could set up the demonstration model of garden of Eden and root zone fertigation model, which was inaugurated by Bishop Jose Pulickal, the Chairman of Kerala Social Service Forum.  Regional Forum Director Fr. Jacob Mavunkal

Dialogue is one of the best tools for creative problem identification and solving. It allows us for the identification and solution to a problem by “thinking together” and forming a common consensus for future agenda. The emergence of COVID-19 and recent amendments in the law have affected the development work carried out by various organizations across India. This requires all of us, the CSOs, practitioners, social workers, to come together