Hon’ble Minister (LSGD) desires to convene a Video Conference at 11 A.M on 29/08/2018 in the North Committee Room of Govt. Secretariat to discuss post flood activities including 2018-2019 plan related matters. Kindly attend the Video Conference with relevent details. District Planning Officers and  other District Officers concerned should make necessary arrangements for attending the Video Confrence from respective District Head Quarters or from suitable nodes.

HOD’s concerned are directed to issue instructions to the concerned District Officers in this regard.

The rehabilitation works done by Kudumbashree Pathanamthitta District Mission after the flood sets a unique model. The Community Development Societies have been actively volunteering for the rehabilitation works at Pathanamthitta post flood. A total of 2857 volunteers participated and cleaned 2363 houses and 37 roads till date. It is under the leadership of Shri. S. Sabir Hussain, District Mission Coordinator, Kudumbashree Pathanamthitta District Mission, that the Vadasserikkara, Angadi, Pazhavangadi, Seethathodu, Naranamuzhi, Chittar, Thumpamon, Koipuram, Puramattam, Cheneerkara, Elanthoor, Omalloor, Cherukole, Kozhencherry, Ezhamkulam, Kodumon, Kadambanadu, Kalanjoor and Pallickal CDSs have done the works. The rehabilitation works were done at Ranni, Konni, Adoor, Kozhencherry, Thiruvalla, Mallapally Taluks. The needy were identified and the volunteers were sent from each CDS in the district for the cleaning purposes. The cleaning materials and other equipment were collected by the District Mission through sponsorship and from volunteering NGOs. The team will clean more houses and roads in the upcoming days.The timely intervention by the Pathanamthitta District Mission had set a model to many.

Various Community Development Societies (CDS) of Kudumbashree Mission contribute thoughtfully to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, the emergency assistance release mechanism granting immediate relief to families and individuals distressed by calamity, loss of life due to accidents and chronic diseases. More than Rs 1 crore have been collected so far. The Distress Relief Fund Campaign is on and more CDSs from different districts across the state are contributing wholeheartedly to support the people in distress.

Nutrimix Consortium under Palakkad District Mission had contributed Rs 2 lakh. Sasthamkotta CDS of Kollam contributed an amount of Rs 1,87,155. Nutrimix unit of Kollam and Kundara CDS of Kollam, gave Rs 1 lakh and Rs 72,750 respectively. The Peelikode CDS of Kasargode District Mission donated Rs 1,36, 620. The 9250 NHGs in Wayanad District collected their thrift amount of the week and collected Rs 1.25 lakh and contributed the same to Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund. At Malappuram District, Kuruva CDS donated Rs 30,950 and Art Training team and Manjeri Jams Nutrimix unit contributed Rs10,000 and Rs 5000 respectively. The Kottakal CDS contributed the whole money collected for onam celebrations. Other District Missions are also actively contributing to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund. The State Mission officials of Kudumbashree Mission also had contributed generously to the flood relief camps to help the flood hit people of Kerala.

A group of 11 students from Keio University of Japan visited Kudumbashree to study about the poverty alleviation activities being implemented by Kudumbashree Mission in Kerala. The students visited a Neighbourhood Group at Karakulam Panchayath, interacted with them, attended class room sessions on Kudumbashree three tier system, micro finance activities, livelihoods etc. They also visited the Panchayath office, interacted the Local Self Government members and officials and also visited CDS offices and micro enterprise units.

The 11 member team from Keio University of Japan include George Araki, Eisuke Nasuno, Kenichiro Kimura, Shintaro Iwai, Shiori Tanaka, Shizuki Kanda, Shoko Shimane, Taiga Koen, Umeyama Kan, Yuki Aibe and Yuki Inoue. They belong to a study group which focuses on development studies, who are undergoing an undergraduate programme in Economics at Keio University. It is as part of their short field trip to learn about the developing countries that they visited Kudumbashree Mission. Their study would focus on how Kudumbashree Mission's micro finance activities help the poor people in abolishing poverty. Keio is a private university, known as the oldest institute of modern higher education in Japan located in Tokyo

Giving boost to diagnostic facilities, Kudumbashree Mission launched a Medical Lab at Parappanangadi, Malappuram. Named as 'Alpha Medical Lab', the lab is set up with the help of the centrally designed programme National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM). It has started functioning during February 2018. The Alpha Medical Lab is launched under the leadership of Smt. Shilpi, Lab technician who has experience of 15 years in this sector. It is under the Self Employment Programme (SEP) Component of NULM that Alpha Medical lab is launched. Kudumbashree Mission is the nodal agency for implementing the centrally designed programme, National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) in Kerala.

Self Employment Programme Component of NULM focus on financial assistance to individuals/groups of urban poor for setting up gainful self-employment ventures/ micro-enterprises, suited to their skills, training, aptitude and local conditions. The medical lab carries out all tests including hormone culture tests, diabetes check up, cholesterol tests, thyroid tests, all other blood tests and other blood tests and other health packages. The total cost of the project cost Rs 10 lakhs. The lab posses all modern facilities. This is the story of a woman who turned her strengths into livelihood with the help of Kudumbashree Mission.