Covid-19 and subsequent lockdowns in the country have displaced a large number of workforces from their workplaces and their Jobs. The already vulnerable population are facing the brunt of Covid-19 health impacts along with educational halt for children and the financial instability of the families. After a long spell of lockdowns, the vulnerable people started moving out of their houses in search of work. Traffickers have exploited the situation

Caritas India, the social arm of the Catholic Church in India has seen an incredibly exponential growth responding to the changing times. The Diakonia ministry is vividly seen in the actions of Caritas India in Tamil Nadu. On 5th of October, 2020, to commemorate the 58th Foundation Day, the Development agencies in Tamil Nadu gathered in the virtual platform as a family to celebrate the spirit of love, compassion and human values Caritas India stands

A farmer in Chhattisgarh has benefitted from modern agricultural technology which has helped him to increase productivity. Paras Beck, a tribal farmer from a small village Keria in Dharmjaigarh block of Chhattisgarh was cultivating vegetable and paddy in his 3.5 acres of land but even after investing a lot of money, he was unable to get half of the profit.  The low productivity in agriculture can be attributed due to bad soil fertility, less rainfall,

Climate change has exerted an unprecedented strain on the farming sector in India. Unpredictable weather, pest attacks, drought and declining soil fertility have exposed the vulnerabilities of the farming community and exposed it to severe economic distress. The adverse effects of climate change are not easily reversable. However, resilient agriculture practices can yield rich dividends in the form of greater productivity, reduced input cost and

Collective farming has emerged as one of the transformative and sustainable practices that have been strongly promoted under the aegis of Facilitating Agricultural Regeneration Measures (FARM) Northeast programme towards achieving self-reliance of the communities. The programme aims to have sufficient food production and nutritional intake as per their cultural food habits, adopt and promoted indigenous seeds for cultivation and consumption and have

“Trichoderma is now widely accepted by most of us as one of the best solutions at our doorstep where we could get immediately with the help of smallholder farmers collectives and district farmers forum in coordination with Manav Vikas. I applied for my vegetables and got a good result.” says Teeka Ram, one of the SHFC members of Olinja village. Increasing access to improved seeds and planting materials as well as fertilizers is critical to increasing

The lockdown could not prevent 23-year Paul from teaching the students of the village school who can not access the online classes. Amidst lockdown, J.Paul Baglari, a B.Com student from Udalguri District in Assam mobilized and created awareness among the village youth to give tuitions to students in different vicinities. He felt that this is a crucial need and the youth must act on this. The village council development committee (VCDC) was very supportive

Staff and volunteers of Caritas India IREACH programme in West Bengal have launched an awareness drive on Covid-19 in the localities and Durga Puja Pandals. Funded by ECHO, the programme has collaborated with the local puja committees in Mugriganga I under the Sagar Block and Mousuni Island at South 24 Parganas. “We have put up 5 awareness stalls in 5 puja pandals; 2 in Muriganga and Kashtala under Sagra Block and 3 stalls in Mousuni GP. The awareness