This time we are planning for an offline Workshop on PROJECT FORMULATION. This training will deliberate on how to develop concept notes, Project Cycle Management (PCM), Result Based Management (RBM) Problem Tree Analysis, Situation Analysis, Logical Framework Analysis (LFA), and Monitoring and Evaluation aspects of project formulation.  There will be input sessions supplemented by group work, case stories, activities, videos etc. in this intensive

An interactive consultative meeting was organised to capture the regional aspirations and priorities of the Social Apostolate of Chhattisgarh on 13th August 2022 at Raipur. The participants reflected together on the continued partnership engagement in the post-Covid and post-FCRA Amendment scenarios. Fr. Joseph Raj, the Regional Forum Director of Chhattisgarh initiated the meeting with a solemn prayer by seeking God’s divine presence to lead this

Three years ago, Dhonesh was working as a labourer on people’s farms in the village dreaming of cultivating his agricultural land which was uncultivable due to wetland conditions. Dhonesh resides in Banchukamari village, West Bengal with his family. He owns the land but unfortunately due to the low land area, the rainwater accumulates making it uncultivable. Many a time he tried cultivating the land but suffered heavy losses. In 2021, he again

With the number of individuals affected by the deluge falling below the mark of 10,000, the Assam flood situation has shown signs of considerable improvement in the last few weeks. Life is slowly returning to normal in the majority of flood districts apart from Udalguri, Tamulpur and Jorhat where families are still struggling to make their ends meet. Caritas India is on the ground working in close coordination with respective governments and humanitarian

A district-level conference of widows was organized to celebrate their resilience and to share their entrepreneurial success. The one-day conference, held in Paratwada city of Amravati district on 8 August, was attended by nearly 100 widows who have started small businesses. “No matter how difficult situations are, widows have the strength and the will to touch the sky. I admire the positive attitude that the widows have demonstrated despite passing

African Swine Flu (ASF) has majorly affected the Small Pig Farmers of Asia and the Pacific region. The disease with a 100% fatality rate has impacted almost 17 countries in the region. In Mizoram, the first case of ASF was identified in south Mizoram's Lunglei district near the Bangladesh border. Since its outbreak, a total of 9,891 pigs and piglets have died as shared in a report released by the state animal husbandry and veterinary department on

Light for the World (LFTW), Austria is one of the donor agencies of Caritas India supporting Caritas India Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) programmes in the northeast region. The northeast region partners’ meeting of LFTW was organized at Bosco Reach Out, Guwahati on August 8-9, 2022. The objective was to facilitate an exchange on their partners' achievements, challenges and innovative practices. The opportunity was also used to discuss the

U3 programme emphasized self-sustained communities securing their livelihoods by fostering climate resilient-cum-adaptive agriculture and livelihoods security through one of Caritas India’s Key Strategic Pillars (CI KSP) - Empowering Animation. To strengthen the CBOs and Local Governance at the village level, HASSS has organised the orientation of the U3 programme on 10th August 2022 in the new target villages Dubbacharla, Lillipur and Thanda and