The first Medical Nursing Volunteer Flagship consists of the daresome nursing team from Kerala departed to assist COVID 19 patients in Maharashtra. Maharashtra is leading the tally with 2,60,924 total confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 followed by Tamilnadu and Delhi. This has created an acute shortage of medical professionals including qualified nurses. Even qualified nurses are unwilling to do their services, due to unhealthy practices reported

The Green Revolution shifted the focus of Indian agriculture away from biodiversity to increased yield. With the modernization of agriculture, agricultural practices and cropping patterns changed and genetic diversity started getting lost. As a result, the genetic base of traditional seed varieties reduced considerably and several traditional seed varieties are now facing extinction. These varieties were inherently more compatible with local farming

With subsequent lockdowns and indefinite COVID-crisis, Ratan and her family, a resident of Sarita Vihar in Delhi once thought to go back to the native village but changing the place will not solve their problem of earning. The prevailing pandemic and Lockdown announcement had shut down many factories and businesses which has directly impacted the earnings of many poor families. Ratan’s family was also not untouched by the effects of Lockdown. The

In the global Sustainable Development Goals (Target 8.7), the world committed to ending all forms of child labour by 2025. The last two decades have seen significant strides in the fight against child labour. But the COVID-19 pandemic poses very real risks of backtracking. The mitigation measures of COVID has adversely impacted the wellbeing of children. Apart from children losing out on their Right to education due to closure of schools, they are

The COVID 19 pandemic has brought the entire nation to a halt. COVID-19 is turned into a calamity, and the entire world is facing its serious impact. The novel coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an unimaginable loss to the global economy and the losing human lives have been unprecedented in an era of global peace. The Global Report on Food Crises released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the World Food Programme and 14 other organisations

Low wage domestic workers in Nagpur, one of the largest city in Maharashtra, says are struggling for food to survive due to COVID-19 lockdown that has taken a heavy toll on their lives. In several interviews, domestic workers from the fifth fastest-growing city in the world described their ordeal and mounting desperation and anxiousness. Many of the respondents shared with Caritas India and HCL Foundation-supported project volunteers that the sudden

The shining big eyes are now drowsing with lethargy. Sareena cannot eat or drink without support, she has lost too much weight within a few days. She was severely underweighted and measured red under MUAC test. The girl is suffering from chronic malnutrition, informed SABAL NHW after the child profiling survey at Manpura Village, in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh. It occurs when a body does not receive enough nutrients for proper function. It

The pandemic has brought misery and suffering to millions around the world, much of which has nothing to do with the disease and everything to do with the social aftermath of the pandemic. Risk of hunger, the uncertainty of future employment, and poverty-related suicide are imminent threats for many Indians. It seems that post-pandemic India has brought massive pain and suffering among people living in extreme poverty, particularly disadvantaged