Kudumbashree Thrissur District Mission launched Thayyal Gramam (Stitching Village) enterprise as part of Theerashree for the welfare of the coastal residents in the district. Shri. T.Tyson Master, MLA, inaugurated the enterprise at Karinkulam Junction, Eriyad, Thrissur on 24 February 2020.
This programme is organised by joining together all the Kudumbashree women from the coastal sector in the district. The programme aims at helping the women finding a source of livelihood of their own. The programme envisages making the Panchayaths under the Theerashree Programme, into Model Villages. The programme would be implemented at first in the Ward Number 21 of Eriyad Panchayath. As part of the programme, the 30 members of the ward were given training in cloth bag making. The unit is set up at the building near the Eriyad Karikkulam Hospital. Rs 2.5 lakhs is the total project cost.
Eriyad, Mathilakam, Sreenarayanapuram, Valappad and Kaippamangalam are the 5 Panchayaths which come under Theerashree programme, and have 25 coastal wards altogether. As part of the Model Village concept, different ideas are conceptualised. Like Thayyal Gramam, Achar Gramam(Pickle Village), Podi Gramam (Flour Village), Pazham-Pachakari Gramam (Fruit and Vegetable Village), Catering Village etc are planned focusing on various sectors. Theerashree is being implemented to solve the issues existing among the coastal people viz., increasing debts, lack of education and skill training, absence of the habit of savings and help improve their lives.
Kudumbashree launched Theerashree Programme for the welfare of the poor in the coastal areas during July 2019. The programme envisages strengthening the Kudumbashree activities in the 82 coastal panchayaths in the state, thereby improve the quality of life of women and children in the coastal areas and improve their livelihood activities.The programme aims including new families into Kudumbashree neighbourhood group system, rejuvenate inactive NHGs, extend source of earning income to atleast one member of every family, grade all eligible NHGs and avail linkage loan to them, extend skill training to the poor youth in the coastal areas and assure them jobs. Uncertainties in job, irregularity in getting income, educational backwardness, unavailability of basic amenities, health issues in women and children, scarcity of drinking water, unavailability of livelihood activities other than fishing and related activities etc are the main issues faced by the people of coastal areas. Women and children are usually bound to suffer the negatives of these issues. The increasing debts among the people in these areas, lack of education, skill training, addiction towards alcohol among the youth etc are also the issues existing in the coastal areas. Kudumbashree aims at solving these issues through 'Theerashree', thereby improve the quality of life of the people in the coastal areas.
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