The role of organizations working on Anti-Human Trafficking become more important in the context of Covid-19. The movement of victims from source to destination plays significant importance especially when it is between two countries. India and Nepal share a common border of 1,770 km with twenty official crossing points but there are several unofficial crossing points which are used by traffickers for the movement. The issue of Human Trafficking

The Pleurotus ostreatus is popularly known as “Oyster Mushroom” or Dhingri in India. The Oyster Mushroom is one of the most relevant fungal organisms for minerals & vitamin-rich food from various agro-wastes without composting. Oyster mushrooms are the third largest cultivated mushroom. China, the world leader in Oyster production, contributes nearly 85% of the total world production of about a million tonnes. The other countries producing

Every year when there is intense rainfall in Assam, the people living alongside the Brahmaputra Embankment begin to worry. Communities at the Machkuwa block of Dhemaji district in Assam are subjected to recurrent floods annually. Around 230 families and more than 1000 residents living adjoining the embankment are under constant risk of floods.   This year too, the river crossed the danger level due to heavy rainfall. The agriculture fields were

The impact of the pandemic on unskilled and semi-skilled workers and nano and micro-entrepreneurs has been devastating. Uncertainty of leading a dignified life with a minimum income has been part of the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic. Millions of migrant workers returned home after travelling thousands of kilometre by buses, trains, cycles and even on foot. Taking the cue from its rapid research on migrants, Caritas India supported thousands of families

A fragile-looking young girl was standing at the roadside and crying. The tears were rolling down her face and her eyes turned red. When people approached and asked her why she is crying. She replied, “I am a domestic help in one of the family and my owner is very angry with me as one of his hen is missing and if I don’t search for it he would kill me.” The people immediately informed the field animator of Caritas India supported the Anti-Human

Majority of the Korku mothers have restored their faith that malnutrition is not a disease or curse and can be cured through effective feeding practices and diet diversification within their family platter. This is a huge success and a qualitative change brought during the last few years of dedicated service by the Caritas India SABAL programme in Madhya Pradesh. The community believed that the malnutrition is nothing but a manifestation of their

Taking the initiative to help the poor cancer patients in Malappuram & Wayanad districts of Kerala during the pandemic, Caritas India partner Calicut Diocese Social Service Society (CDSSS) Jeevana under the Ashakiranam project has supported 28 cancer patients with sewing machines to earn their livelihood. Districts of Wayanad and Malappuram in Kerala has a higher number of people living under the economically and socially backward situation.

A physically disabled man who was deprived of his entitlement won twenty-six-month fight to get a disability pension. Vyas Padit won this battle when Caritas India Saksham Project staff with the Committee members jointly met BDO, Ramnagar block and submitted the application for disability pension. The Government of India provides several benefits and facilities to the citizens with disabilities based on the type and extent of disability. However,