Women members of Durgadevi & Nakshatra Self Help Groups (SHGs) from Dharwad, Karnataka is happy to be part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. These two SHGs received Rs. 75,000/- each to produce the tricolour. The concerned Zilla Panchayat has asked to produce 7,500 national flags by August 10, 2022. As part of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, to mark the 75th year of Independence, the Dharwad Zilla panchayat (ZP) has planned to conduct the Har

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has requested to train its staff to prevent and respond to human trafficking at the borders. SSB guards India’s international borders with Nepal and Bhutan. Besides this, the force is also deployed in Jammu and Kashmir for counter-insurgency operations and anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. Caritas India is working with SSB under the Swaraksha Anti-Human Trafficking (AHT) program for over five

Every day after household chores, she spends her free time in her garden cleaning, digging, planting and watering her plants. Ms Banta Thabah is a bonafide resident of Mawlarkon, Mawthong village under West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. The State is blessed with wild Foods and useful plants filled with nutrition and medicinal properties. Banta is a single Mother with four children having 2000 sq. feet of land. She wears multiple hats, handling

Caritas India Program and Thematic Lead from across the country assembled in New Delhi on 18-19 July 2022 to present the progress and challenges in the operational system building initiatives of Caritas India. The Management called this special meeting to take a stock of the progress of this model and the challenges that have emerged. The plan is to propose necessary suggestions and recommendations to make this transition process to the next level.

The Assistant Executive Director of Caritas India, Fr. (Dr.) Jolly Puthenpura made his visit to Jalpara village of West Karbi Anglong district of Assam and distributed hygiene kits to 107 affected families. The families assembled at the delivery location to accept the kits. Fr. Jolly visited the Assam flood response areas and had a rapid review of the progress of relief activities on July 21, 2022. He also visited Jaithera village of Hojai district

Thirty-Seven farmers managed to harvest 299 kgs of mushrooms and earned a sum of Rs. 59,790. The farmers were found very happy with the intervention, and they planned to cultivate more for a sustainable income from mushrooms. “We the members of Rigo Colony SHG never understood the value of mushroom. Fortunately, with due support from Itanagar Diocesan Empowerment Association (IDEA) under the FARM Northeast program, we cultivated it for the first

Human life on earth is not the same everywhere in terms of peace, happiness, equality and socio-economic factors. Settling these concerns is not that easy, still, humans are in the process of finding solutions in different ways and methods. But, in the face of unexpected wars between countries, natural disasters and manmade disasters, everyone becomes helpless. In recent years the frequency of wars, natural disasters and man-made disasters increased

A natural disaster is on a rise. Kashmir is known as the “the heaven on earth” is also not untouched by this hard reality.  The State has been under constant disaster situations whether natural or man-made. The socio-economic and political situations have remained controversial despite a great cultural heritage. The disaster caused by the deluge in 2014 shows the trail of apathy and unpreparedness at the community level. The 2005 earthquake