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'Chuvad 22' : Training Programme for Kudumbashree CDS Chairpersons begins

'Chuvad 22', the five day training programme for newly inducted Kudumbashree CDS Chairpersons began at Mar Gregorius Renewal Centre, Nalanchira, Thiruvananthapuram on 29 July 2022. Smt. Sreevidya IAS, Executive Director, Kudumbashree inaugurated the training programme and delivered the keynote address.

150 CDS chairpersons from 14 districts of the state are participating in the first batch training. This residential training is being organized in seven batches. 1070 CDS Chairpersons in the state will get trained through the training programme. 'Chuvad 22' Training is led by 30 members of the Kudumbashree Training Team. The training of all seven batches will be completed by 5 September 2022.

Ms. Deepa, Member, Kudumbashree Training Team welcomed the gathering. Shri. Nishad CC, State Program Manager, Kudumbashree explained the training program. Shri. Sreekantan, Camp Coordinator, KILA, Shri. Vipin Wilfred, State Assistant Program Manager, Kudumbashree, Ms. Vidya Nair V.S, State Assistant Program Manager, Kudumbashree and the training team members were also present at the function.

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Kudumbashree NHG members from Kannur launches a distribution network to strengthen the marketing of Kudumbashree products

Kudumbashree NHG members from Kannur has launched a distribution network to strengthen the marketing of Kudumbashree products. This marketing team is called as 'She Distribution Network' and it has the objective of providing regular distribution of Kudumbashree products to all the marketing centres including super markets in the government and private sectors of Kannur district. Mr. Binoy Kurian, Vice President, District Panchayath inaugurated the 'She Distribution Network' in a function held at Keezhathur, Kannur on 19 July 2022.

Ms. Prasilla. P (President), Ms. Divya. K (Secretary) Ms. Vichithra. V, Ms. Vinci. V, Ms. Rajitha. C and Ms. Dhanya P. K from Ward 16 of Vengad CDS are members of the 'She Distribution Network' team. Their activities will be concentrated in

Edakkad, Thalassery, Kuthuparamba, Panoor, Peravoor and Iritty blocks.

The District Panchayath has provided the vehicle facility for the 'She Distribution Network' team to collect the products from the entrepreneurs and bring them to the marketing centers and the ward ADS has provided the building for the storage centre. They will also distribute the products to Home Shop owners who deliver Kudumbashree products to households. This activity, which is being conducted in Kannur district for the first time in the state on an experimental basis, will be extended to other districts as well, depending on its success.

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Kudumbashree Kasaragod District Mission team sets a new model through 'KANI'

Kudumbashree Kasaragod District Mission team is creating a silent revolution in the agriculture sector of Kasaragod district by cultivating vegetables and fruits as well as medicinal herbs and spices using hi-tech farming methods, through an innovative project called KANI (Kudumbashree for Agriculture New Intervention). The aim of KANI Project is to ensure the availability of non-toxic fruits, vegetables, medicinal plants and spices in Kasaragod district through hi-tech farming and thereby improve the livelihood of Kudumbashree members. It will also generate income by promoting farm tourism.

There are three sub projects under KANI Project namely, Vegetable Walk, Fruit Garden and Medicinal Herb-Spices Garden. The farming is done at the CDS level through Kudumbashree farming groups. KANI Project was started in Kasaragod district in 2021. The Vegetable Walk was organized then in a competitive manner with specific conditions. During the first year, focus was mainly on vegetable cultivation, whereas, fruits, medicinal herbs and spices are included in the project, this time.

As part of the Vegetable Walk, the cultivation is done as a single plot (minimum one crop per acre) on 3 to 15 acres of land. Cultivation will be done on at least one acre as part of Fruit Garden and on at least 50 cents as part of Medicinal Herb-Spices Garden. By March 2023, Model Farming Areas will also be established in these three areas as part of the project.

23 CDSs did cultivation as part of the Vegetable Walk and achieved a sales of Rs 8.26 crore during the financial year 2021-22. Presently 9 CDSs are part of Fruit Garden and 15 CDS are part of Medicinal Herb-Spices Garden. A profit of Rs 25 lakhs has been made during the last Ramzan season by cultivating 128 tons of watermelons on 25 acres as part of the Fruit Garden. Many crops like dragon fruit, rambutan, potato, sweet basil, aloe vera and cloves are being cultivated as part of the project. Kudumbashree Kasaragod District Mission team has indeed set a new model through 'KANI' Project.

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Apply now to get free skill training through DDUGKY, Yuvakeralam Programme

Apply now to get free job skills training in courses such as Software Developer, Medical Records Assistant, Field Engineer, Product Design Engineer etc. The skill training will be extended through the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameena Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Yuvakeralam projects being implemented by Kudumbashree in Kerala.

DDU-GKY is the project jointly being implemented by the Central and State Governments for the youth of poor families in rural areas. Yuvakeralam is the project being implemented by the State Government through Kudumbashree, as part of the Rebuild Kerala Initiative aimed at rebuilding the post-flood Kerala. Urban youth as well as rural youth can become part of this project.

Anyone between 18 and 35 years of age can avail the skill training. Age relaxation upto 45 years is applicable for women, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), transgenders, persons with disabilities, victims of human trafficking and HIV infected persons. Training, study materials and uniform will be provided completely free of cost. Accommodation and food are provided free of cost for the residential courses.

To know the complete details including available courses, course duration, eligibility, training agencies, starting date of courses, name and contact number of course mobilizer and District Programme Managers, visit: www.kudumbashree.org/courses

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Apply now to get free skill training through DDUGKY, Yuvakeralam Programme

Kudumbashree Monsoon Webinar Series Begins

Kudumbashree's Monsoon Webinar Series has been started on 15 July 2022. The Webinar Series was started as part of bringing awareness messages to NHG families about overcoming the challenges faced during monsoons like natural calamities and health problems including infectious diseases. Dr. Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose, Member Secretary, State Disaster Management Authority inaugurated the webinar series and delivered a lecture on 'Natural Disasters and Survival'.

As part of the programme, a total of fifteen webinars will be organized once a week, with experts from various fields. The objective of the webinar series is to deliver messages to every Kudumbashree family regarding the precautions to be taken to face natural calamities including landslides, floods, cyclones, sea storms, ways to survive the various consequences associated with natural calamities, protection of home and pets during floods, and ways to prevent and prevent infectious diseases and to prepare themselves to face and survive accidental natural calamities.

Kudumbashree CDS chairpersons, representatives of NHGs, Resource Persons and block coordinators will participate in the webinar. It is aimed to spread the knowledge gained through the webinar to the NHGs through them. Shri. Jahamgeer. S, Programme Officer, Kudumbashree delivered welcome speech and Shri. Sreebal B. S., Web Administrator delivered vote of thanks.

To see the webinar, please visit : https://youtu.be/sKXG3itRnsw

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Kudumbashree Monsoon Webinar Series Beginsen

My Job My Pride- Second Phase starts through Kudumbashree members

The Second Phase activities of 'My Job My Pride' Programme will be started from 18 July 2022 through Kudumbashree members. The programme being implemented by the government envisages providing employment to 20 lakh people. The Second Phase activity aims to register those between 21 and 40 years of age on the digital platform (DWMS- Digital Workforce Management System), out of the 53.42 lakh people who registered as job seekers in the first phase survey conducted by Kudumbashree members.

Kudumbashree workers selected at the ward level will register to the digital platform and carry out the profiling activities. Once the profiling is done, the job seekers can know the job opportunities according to their qualifications and apply for the ones they are interested in. Profiling of degree, PG, diploma and polytechnic qualified candidates will be done in the first phase.

Kudumbashree volunteers visited 81,12,268 households and collected data in the first phase of the survey as part of the 'My Job is My Pride' campaign conducted by the Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission to identify job seekers. 79,647 Kudumbashree members gave leadership to these activities.

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My Job My Pride- Second Phase starts through Kudumbashree members

Co-ordination Committee Meeting will be held on Tuesday 26.07.2022 at 11.00 am at Layam Hall, Secretariat Annex 2

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Co-ordination Committee Meeting will be held on Tuesday 26.07.2022 at 11.00 am at Layam Hall, Secretariat Annex 2

Kudumbashree invites logo for Kudumbashree Initiative for Business Solutions (KIBS) Society

Kudumbashree invites logo for Kudumbashree Initiative for Business Solutions (KIBS) Society. Kudumbashree formed KIBS to provide various job opportunities to Kudumbashree members and thereby increase the labor participation of women. The selected entry will also get a cash prize of Rs.5000.

The last date for receipt of the entries is 27 July 2022. The entries may be sent to The Public Relations Officer, Kudumbashree State Mission, Trida Rehabilitation Building, Medical College P.O., Thiruvananthapuram- 695011 or may be sent to the mail id- kudumbashreeprcontest@gmail.com. For details visit – www.kudumbashree.org/kibs

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Kudumbashree invites logo for Kudumbashree Initiative for Business Solutions (KIBS) Society

Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission organizes Woman Film Fest

Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission has organized Woman Film Fest for Kudumbashree NHG members and Auxiliary Group Members. The Woman Film Fest was officially inaugurated by Ms. K. M Jamunarani, Municipal Chairperson, Thalasseri Municipality at Municipal Town Hall, Thalasseri, Kannur on 29 June 2022.

The 'Woman' Film Fest' opens up an opportunity for thousands of NHG members to immerse themselves in the magical world of films that have created wonder in the hearts of people like Children of Heaven, Heidi, Village Rockstar and discover new levels of enjoyment. The Film Fest is organized in collaboration with the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, Government of Kerala. The film screenings as part of the film festival are being held for a period of three months starting from July 2022 to September 2022 in 81 CDSs of Kannur district. The Film Festival also aims at introducing films that have gained national and international attention to the inner villages.

The cinema screening in a CDS is from 10 AM to 5 PM, on a fixed day. The exhibition space will be determined according to the availability of school and panchayat auditoriums. It will be coordinated in such a way that upto 150 people can watch the movie at a time. Films such as Basanti, Freedom Fight, The Great Indian Kitchen, Manhole, Ottamuri Velicham and Ozhimuri will be screened at the festival. All NHG members and auxiliary group members can be a part of the film festival organized under the leadership of the CDS.

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Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission organizes Woman Film Fest

Kudumbashree excels at Mussoorie

Kudumbashree becomes a star in the marketing fair held at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie. About sixteen products including Kerala sarees, dhotis and handicrafts were brought by Kudumbashree for sale at the fair organized at the IAS Academy from 26-27June 2022.

The Kudumbashree stall at the fair was run by Ms. Bhagirathi, Kudumbashree Nutrimix entrepreneur from Palakkad District and Ms. Shari Hari, Ms. Vineetha, Micro Enterprise Consultants (MECs) who are part of the Startup Village Entrepreneurship Program (SVEP) being implemented by Kudumbashree in the Kodakara block of Thrissur district and Ms. Shyama Suresh, Entrepreneur. Sales of Rs 48,070 was recorded from the two-day event.

In addition to their participation in the marketing fair, they also interacted with the civil service trainees on the activities including enterprise formation of Kudumbashree focusing on NHGs (Neighborhood Groups). The products of the entrepreneurs from Thrissur and Palakkad districts were made available at the fair.

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Kudumbashree excels at Mussoorien