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Kudumbashree Palakkad District Mission offering uninterrupted  assistance for flood relief activities in the district. As per the report on 12 August 2019, 32 relief camps are opened in the district. 2325 women and 2010 men are rehabilitated in the camps altogether. 23 community kitchens were conducted and 2797 people were benefited through the community kitchen activities. 177 Kg of and 32 Kg of vegetables were supplied through Kudumbashree. A total of 560 dresses and 155 packets of sanitary napkins were distributed through Kudumbashree. Kudumbashree Palakkad District Mission is extending the services of community counsellors, santhwanam volunteers too. 156 people were benefited of the community counsellors whereas 343 were benefited of the santhwanam volunteers.

   Temporary stay for 35 families were arranged in the houses of NHG members. 1457 volunteers are actively participating in the flood relief activities. A total of 916 houses and 18 streets and roads in the district were cleaned altogether. Kudumbashree Palakkad District Mission is extending relentless support to those who are badly affected by the floods.

Kudumbashree Malappuram District Mission in forefront to extend flood relief support. Malappuram is one of the districts which was severely affected by the floods this time. 204 camps had already been started in Malappuram. More than 65 CDS of Kudumbashree are affected by the floods. Atleast 9 camps were started in each CDS regions. Kudumbashree is in the forefront to help helping hands to the  flood affected people. Kudumbashree had took up the cooking charge in as many relief camps, are active in cleaning and also mobilised needed items to the camps under the leadership of respective ADSs.

Snehitha Gender Help Desk of the district was also flooded and is closed now. But the community counsellors, Gender core team members, Gender Resource Persons etc are reaching out to the people and are extending counselling support ans are helping them get out of the trauma. Kudumbasheee District Mission is planning to start a collection centre in District Mission Office to collect more items. Malappuram District Collector had directed the District Mission to form a cleaning team at Kavalappara, where severe landslide had happened and also in other flood affected areas in the district. Kudumbashree had set up a team including staff and CDS members. Once the flood water would be drained off these places, Kudumbashree teams will start the cleaning activities.

Kudumbashree Kozhikode District Mission providing relentless support to the flood relief activities in the district. More than 60,000 people are rehabilitated in 319 relief camps altogether. As per the statistics till 11 August 2019, Kudumbashree  District Mission extended services to 51,360 people by taking up the kitchens in 284 camps. 2725 Kg food items, 360 Kg vegetables, 6000 dress materials, bed sheets, mats and 1600 packets of Sanitary Napkins were collected and distributed among the various relief camps. Community Counsellors extended counselling to 10,681 people in 48 camps.1747 families were provided temporary stay in the houses of NHG members.Kudumbashree members are active in cleaning activities and coordinated 1079 cleaning activities.

As directed by the District Collector of Kozhikode, Kudumbashree members cleaned the toilets and surroundings of the relief camps during 12-1PM and ensure that everthing is clean. Kudumbashree District Mission had been directed by the District Collector to provide Kudumbashree volunteers for cleaning activities which would be started within two days. Kudumbashree Kozhikode District Mission had ensured District Administration to provide 200 volunteers each from each CDS. The list would be handed over to the district administration soon. Kudumbashree Kozhikode District Mission is indeed showing the real heights of compassion.

Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission lends helping hands to flood relief activities in the district. Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission had been in the forefront to extend support to those in distress starting from the very first days of flood havoc. They had been extending relentless support under the leadership of respective CDS Chairpersons. Chirkkal CDS had bought and distributed bedsheets and clothes worth Rs. 13,500 from the money which they had been saving for theie Kudumbashree CDS Anniversary Programmes. Items like dresses, biscuits and soaps were collected under the leadership of Snehitha Gender Help Desk functioning in the district. The same was handed over to the camps.

Ancharakkandi CDS handed over clothes worth Rs. 13,600 whereas clothes worth Rs. 15,325 was handed over by Kottayam CDS. Kadambur CDS handed over dress and cleaning items worth Rs. 24,219. Cleaning activities were started in Anthoor and Iritty areas. Santhwanam team members were also actively extending support to those in distress. The relief and rehabilitation activities are ongoing in the district in full pace.

Kudumbashree Gender Transformative Model would be implemented in Odisha associating with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Project Concern International. The gender activities implemented by Kudumbashree in Kerala would therefore be replicated in Odisha, with the assistance of National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM). State Level Workshop on 'Gender Integration and establishing Kudumbashree Gender Transformative Model' within Odisha Livelihoods Mission was held at Hotel New Marrion, Bhuvaneswar, Odisha on 29 & 30 July 2019. The project was officially launched at the function.

Kudumbashree had got an opportunity to present  the gender activities implemented in Kerala, at a conference held during March 2018, organised by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Following that, the representatives of the foundation visited Kudumbashree Mission to perceive the activities. Based on further discussions and presentations, it was decided to replicate the gender activities of Kerala in Odisha, under Odisha State Livelihoods Mission with the support of National Rural Livelihoods Mission. The project was officially kick started on 30 July 2019 and would be implemented at Deogarh and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha.The tenure of the project would be three years. The project would be implemented under the leadership of resource persons who had received special training in capacity building and the resource persons who act was mentors. Kudumbashree Mission would be paid, travel allowance and honorarium for the resource persons and officials.

Project Concern International (PCI) is a non-profit, humanitarian NGO based in San Diego, California, which address a broad range of topics including food security, gender equity, water and sanitation, economic development, climate change, agriculture, education, health, and emergency response. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates, and is reported to be the largest private foundation in the world

Destitute Free Kerala Programme Beneficiary from Malappuram gets job placement through DDU-GKY. It is Ms. Annamma M.A hailing from Karuvarakundu CDS of Malappuram district of Kerala, who secured job placement through DDU-GKY. Annamma is placed in the Edakkara branch of ESAF Small Finance Bank as  Sales Officer Trainee with a monthly salary of Rs 16000. It is as per the special inclusion of DFK families, that Annamma was mobilized for the programme. She did the Banking Finance Service Insurance (BFSI) course at ESAF.

Kudumbashree SRLM has done special mobilization programmes for the family members of the destitute in the state, by visiting each destitute family and identifying the beneficiaries.To make the inclusion of the real needy a reality, Kudumbashree has done special mobilization programmes for the family members of the destitute in the state, by visiting each destitute family and identifying the beneficiaries. As a small yet significant initiative from DDU-GKY Kerala, it was decided to include 2,000 DFK beneficiaries or family members in DDU-GKY programme, through which an income generation can be assured at least to one member of the family. 

Kudumbashree Alappuzha District Mission distributed Menstural Cups under the leadership of the Gender team in the district. Awareness class on how to use menstural cups was also organised along with the programme. The menstural cups were distributed as part of the Thinkal Programme, the joint venture of Alappuzha District Administration and HLL Lifecare Limited (formerly Hindustan Latex Limited). Dr. Karthika, Community Medicine Department, Medical College, Vandanam, Alappuzha and Ms. Kavya Menon, Project Coordinator, HLL Lifecare Limited lead the awareness classes.

  Snehitha Community Counsellors, Snehitha staff, women staff of Kudumbashree Alappuzha District Mission attended the function.  Menstrual cups was distributed to all women who attended the programme. Menstrual cups are very hygienic and convenient that sanitary pads, though are yet to enter the mainstream. Menstrual cups were distributed to Kudumbashree women for make the  menstrual cups familiar among the public.