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
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