Agriculture is the primary source of income for Jharkhand's rural communities. The State's agriculture economy is characterised by reliance on nature, low investment, low productivity, monocropping, insufficient irrigation facilities, and small and marginal land holdings. Rain is essential for agriculture in Jharkhand. Unirrigated land accounts for 92% of total cultivated land. The state's cultivable land resources have a high potential for increased

The region plagued by hunger and malnutrition, poor water, and hygiene, an inventive approach to reducing infant mortality and improving maternal health and increasing access to local health facilities needs to be promoted extensively.  On one hand, India has almost 12,00,000 medical practitioners with authorised degrees, whereas, on the other hand, one to two million local traditional healers and priests in the community are revered for healing

Trellising is an old farming technique that entails keeping the crops off the ground to increase the space as well as the yield. The technique also helps in preventing the fruit from rotting. Installation of trellises based on Jhum huts was a common tradition practised in the Mizo farming culture. However, the method is susceptible to attracting insects and other bugs leading to its gradual decline in the farming community. Since, the FARM Project

Caritas India received the Asian Local Leaders for Disaster Resilience (ALL4DR), 2022 Award on 20th September 2022 in Brisbane, Australia. The award was presented by the UN Representative for DRR to Fr. (Dr.) Paul Moonjely, the Executive Director of Caritas India in a public function. The award is given to the local champions who are working towards reducing risk in their communities. The objective aims towards recognising, linking and enhancing

Safeguarding: Creating a Safe Space in the Workplace In today’s social development work, safeguarding takes a centre stage while working with vulnerable groups, as it helps to ensure that the employees carry out their duties knowledgeably and safely. Keeping this objective in mind Caritas India in collaboration with CRS conducted sensitisation on Safeguarding on 19th September 2022 at Head Office, New Delhi. Fr. (Dr) Jolly Puthenpura, Assistant

Three thousand migrant workers would be registered for various entitlement schemes under the entitlement campaign run by Caritas India. The initiative is rolled out from 16th September through 9 diocesan and secular organisations in 8 targeted States of Rajasthan, Punjab, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Goa and Gujarat. Caritas India under the Pravasi Bandhu programme is implementing this campaign with the support of volunteers for migrant

Protection mainstreaming is incorporating protection principles and promoting meaningful Access, Safety and Dignity. Ensuring effective protection of populations is increasingly viewed as the main concern of agency and cluster practice in humanitarian response development programs. It is no longer considered acceptable for humanitarian actors and development professionals to focus on material needs without considering the safety, dignity and rights

Caritas India believes that if children are fostered with responsibilities at a young age, they will contribute to the creation of a better world tomorrow. Keeping this idea, the Lavender Army initiative started under Ashakiranam Cancer Care Campaign wherein children were aided and supervised by specially assigned teachers to transform children into a great catalyst for society to bring greater changes. Ashakiranam campaign has organized a training