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Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission organised Moovandan Fest in the district. The programme aimed at producing value added products from mango, ensure better market for it, which would help the Joint Liability Group members and other agro entrepreneurs earn better income of their own. The Mango fest was organised at Thaliparambu Town Square, Kannur. 

The programme was organised by collecting mangoes from the Kuttyatoor CDS, Mayyil CDS, Malappattam CDS, Ulikkal CDS, Udayagiri CDS, Pariyaram CDS, Thaliparamba CDS, Cherupuzha CDS, Eramam Kuttoor CDS, Payyanur CDS, Ezhom CDS,  Kannapuram CDS and Cherukunnu CDS.  More than 70 value added products were produced viz., Mango Halwa, Mango Ice, Mango Dosa, Mango Samosa, Mango Masala, Mango Sauce, Mango Idli, Mango Chappathi, Mango Cake, Raw Mango Juice etc. In addition to this, Women Agro Meet, Agro Seminar, Open Agro Quiz, poetry competition for Balasabha students and District Mission officials were also conducted. By organising Mango Fest, they could help the women find a better market for their agro products.

Kudumbashree's international partnership with Azerbaijan is making fruitful results. During 2017, Azerbaijan Rural Investment Project (AZRIP) team visited India to study various models of livelihood promotion for women groups as they wanted to start a pilot project of ‘women’s activity group formation’ for inclusive economic empowerment. After ascertaining that the ‘Kudumbashree model’ of livelihood promotion and women empowerment has the larger scope of convergence in their country, they invited Kudumbashree Mission to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan Rural Investment Project (AZRIP) is a world bank supported project being implemented in Azerbaijan from 2005 (in various phases). The project aims at developing the basic infrastructure in the rural areas. Further project envisages development of economic activities and livelihood programmes.

Shri. Sebastian Molineus, Regional Director, World Bank had shared a note through his twitter handle after visiting Massaly of Azerbaijan which itself could be considered a measure of the success of the project. (Twitter Post)

During 2018, a four member team from Kudumbashree went to Azerbaijan for the initial scoping study and to provide a 10 day training. Kudumbashree aimed at training the master trainees of AZRIP project, who in turn will train the interested women entrepreneurs of Azerbaijan. Kudumbashree's team visited different places in Azerbaijan including Separadi in Massaly, Chakrili in Lankaran and Gysa in Balakan and understood the field reality and needs and framed the training as per requirement. The master trainee team were given classes on ‘Kudumbashree Model’, Neighbourhood groups, activity groups, livelihood promotion methods and on women empowerment activities. 16 people including the community mobilisers of AZRIP project and livelihood specialists took part in the workshop as master trainees. During the time of initial training itself, 56 women came forward to form 4 Activity Groups. As of now, with the participation of 468 women, 38 enterprise units had already been started in Massaly of Azerbaijan. They are coordinating more than 100 business projects. The success of this project, which is being implemented with the support of World Bank is also the success of the international interventions of Kudumbashree.

It is a moment of pride for Kudumbashree that our team is capable of framing a training programme at any place in the world after assessing the country’s requirements and are able to provide the required assistance/ support/ knowledge to ensure continuity and growth. The Azerbaijan Rural Women's Association’ is the network of ‘Women Development and Enterprise Groups’ in the country. When they bagged an award from Government of Azerbaijan for their activities, Kudumbashree's contribution was also mentioned.

Mother Kitchen from North Paravur started supplying food in steel boxes to Kochi Metro Rail Limited. They had tied up with Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) for supplying homely food in steel boxes to the employees of Kochi Metro. The freshly prepared homely food is packed in steel boxes (dabbas) and are distributed to the employees of Kochi Metro. The food is served by the Mothers Kitchen functioning at North Paravur which functions under the North Paravur CDS of Ernakulam district.The Mothers Kitchen was set up as part of the Self Employment Programme Component of National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM). Kudumbashree Mission is the nodal agency for implementing the centrally designed programme, National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) in Kerala. The Mothers Kitchen functions under North Paravur City Mission Management Unit.

The dabba system stands out unique that only Rs 40 is charged per meal which includes rice with sambar etc including fish curry. The steel boxes are later collected and are brought back to the Mothers Kitchen. The unit is now distributing food in 100 dabbas now. They are making an income of Rs The members of the unit makes around Rs 8000 as monthly income.

Kochi Metro is maintained environment friendly. The dabbawala system was implemented to discourage the employees from bringing food in plastic containers and with the launch of the dabbawala system, there has been a decrease of plastic waste across all the metro stations. The Mothers Kitchen is also serving food to the Metro canteen.

Kudumbashree opened AC waiting Hall at Kannur Railway Station. Shri. M. Surjith, District Mission Co-ordinator, Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission inaugurated the waiting hall on 5 September 2019. The AC waiting hall opened by Kudumbashree at railway station is being a boon for many people especially women and the elderly. The air conditioned waiting hall opened at Kannur Railway Station  works 24 hours a day and provide a comfortable halt to the travelers. Feeding console is also arranged for lactating mothers is one of the attractive feature of Kudumbashree Waiting Hall. 

  An amount of Rs 30 per hour is charged for availing the services of Kudumbashree's AC waiting hall. Television and reading area is also set up along with. The AC waiting hall has also set up a clean, hygienic bathroom and special area for mobile charging as well. As per the agreement,  Kudumbashree and Railways would share the daily collection on 50:50 ratio.

Four staff are entrusted with the smooth functioning of the waiting hall. Kudumbashree rest rooms are opened at Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Tirur railway stations. The clean and safe rest rooms opened by Kudumbashree is a boon to the women passengers who travels alone. Yet another waiting hall with the same facilities would be opened at Thalassery railway station by October 2019.

Kudumbashree Wayanad District Mission organises Kambalanatti Programme as part of Thirunelly Tribal Special Intervention Programme. The inauguration of the sowing of the seeds was held at Puthiyoor Paddy fields, Wayanad on 5 September 2019. Smt. Sajitha, District Mission Co-ordinator, Kudumbashree Wayanad District Mission inaugurated the programme and disbursed the financial assistance to the Paniya, Adiya, Kattunaykan tribal communities in the Panchayath. Smt. Mayadevi, Panchayath President, Thirunelly Panchayath presided over the function. Indigenous varieties of paddy from Wayanad would be cultivated by the tribal population in 120 acres of land in Thirunelly. 53 Joint Liability Groups were newly formed in the panchayath.

Thirunelly programme is the special programme initiated by National Rural Livelihood Mission for giving special care and for bringing in sustainable development in the tribal predominant area in the district-Thirunelly. In line with the project implemented in Attapady, a comprehensive approach and sustainable development programme is envisaged in major tribal predominant areas of Kerala as an expansion. The project aims at effectively attaining socio-economic development in these areas through the construction of strong social institutions of women and enable them to engage in micro-credit, sustainable livelihoods, upliftment of social status, accessing entitlements and rights and asserting agency as equal citizens in the development process. The project aims to alleviate the social and economic deprivation of Kattunaykan, Adiya and Paniya tribal communities of Kerala. Women’s institutions would be built up strongly in these areas to be able to lead towards total financial inclusion leading towards poverty alleviation and social development.

Kudumbashree women from Alappuzha made meritorious achievement at 67th Nehru Trophy Boat Race, which was held at Punnamada Backwaters, Alappuzha on 31 August 2019. The women participated, performed well and secured second prize at the prestigious Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2019. The boat steered by powerful women of Kudumbashree made their mark in the very first race in which they participated. The women not only rowed the ‘Thekkethil' boat, but bagged second place in the competition in the Thekkanodi category. It was decided to take part in the Nehru Trophy Boat race as a part of the gender development activities being implemented by Kudumbashree. In the debut competition itself, the Kudumbashree members from Kuttanad were able to bag second prize. Kerala Police team bagged the first prize and the Devadas boat, rowed by the women team of Puthooran boat club bagged the third prize.

Kudumbashree members wholeheartedly received the idea of participating in the boat race when the idea was presented before them a month ago. 84 women came forward for team selection trails, and 36 women were selected out of them. Those selected were given intensive training of 5 hours each every day, starting from 25 July 2019. The team is proud that they were able to win, and full credits to their hard work and determination.

More than 100 women were registered from various CDS in Kuttanad. A total of 36 eligible candidates were selected from the screening process in two days. The CDS team consists  CDS Chairpersons of Muttar, Pulinkunnu, Kainakari, Nedumudi, Ramankari, Edathwa and Kavalam. Chairpersons from Nedumudi, Kavitha Mohan and Edathwa, Thankamani Sudhan also participating. The team consisted women of 35 to 67 years of age. Selection and training were done under the supervision of 5 skilled trainers. The training was held from 1-5 August 2019 at Pullikunnaaru. Then on 6-7 August 2019, they were trained on the track at the Nehru Trophy Boat Race. The training were led by the Gender team of Kudumbashree. Sunita. P, District Program Manager, Gender was the team captain

Paper pens made by BUDS School Students made compulsory for the staff of Kannur Collectorate. Shri. T.V Subhash IAS, District Collector inaugurated the function on 1 August 2019. Paper pens were made compulsory to the staff of Kannur Civil Station to avoid the hazards of pollution caused due to the throwing away of used plastic pens. The needed pen would be made by the students of the BUDS institutions functioning under Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission.

The paper pens would be sold through the nano market allotted for Kudumbashree at Government Servants Consumer Society. In addition to this, it is also planned to sell the paper pens through the milma booth at the premises of Civil Station Annexe. To control the plastic use in civil station premises, paper bags, cloth bags, umbrellas, paper files etc made by the students of the BUDS institutions are brought for sale there. The decision to make the paper pens made by the BUDS school students compulsory at civil station premises is indeed an act towards social responsibility.

Kudumbashree Kottayam District Mission opened a kiosk at Kottayam Civil Station premises to sell the agricultural products of Kudumbashree Joint Liability Groups and the products of the micro enterprises functioning in the district. Shri, Sudheer Babu IAS, District Collector, Kottayam inagurated the kiosk on 17 August 2019. Smt. Daisy, Smt. Mini and Smt. Siji from Kottayam North Kudumbhashree CDS are the entrepreneurs who are in charge of this venture.

The kiosk is named as 'Pathayam' which means granary. The products from Kottayam Municipal CDS and Vijayapuram, Puthuppally, Panachikkad, Kurichi, Ayarkkunnam, Ettumanoor, Thiruvarppu, Kumarakom and Athirampuzha panchayaths of Kottayam would be available for sale in the Pathayam kiosk. Gramashree rice, the branded rice produced by the farming collective in Vechur grama panchayath of Kottayam, Milky Latte, the branded value added products of milk produced by Kudumbashree would also be available for sale at Pathayam. It is also planned to deliver cut vegetable kits to the various offices functioning in Kottayam Civil Station as per the orders received.