A  two day coconut climbing training session has  been conducted by Malapattam Kudumbashree CDS in connection with Gender Self Learning Programme on 14 and 15 May 2019. Next time when you need someone to pluck coconuts, worry not, very soon women trained in coconut climbing would be just a phone call away. Smt. Nalini,  a Kudumbashree  woman who broke the taboo of coconut climbing which was meant only for men is all set to inspire women and to train more Kudumbasree women. In the first phase  Malapattam CDS is planning to give training to 12 Kudumbashree women. They also aim to launch a registered micro enterprise by including these trained members, in which 100 kudumbashree green army activists will get a staunch training session under the guidance of 12 adept coconut climbing trainers. Once the green army activists would be trained, they would revolutionize the existing scenario and would scale up to new heights.

Tasty cafe, an enterprise promoted by NULM is opened at the Directorate of Public Instruction at Thiruvananthapuram. The cafe has been inaugurated Smt. Jessy Joseph, Additional Director of Public Instruction at Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) on 2 May 2019. The Tasty Cafe opened at DPI is started by three Kudumbashree women, Smt.Lakshmi, Smt. Mini Chandran and Smt. Beena Sanal. They are house wives hailing from Poojappura ward. The women are still on cloud nine and according to them it would not have been possible for them to launch such a venture without the help of the Kudumbashree Mission.
 

Tasty cafe, is being a place to unwind and more than a coffee place for many people who frequently visits here. Within two weeks the tasty cafe had succeeded in gaining the attention of coffee lovers. The entrepreneurs are so over whelmed with the responses of people who comes there every day. Kudumbashree District Mission had supported them by providing two tables, shelves and also made a comfortable atmosphere for them to work there, as it is their first experience to work in a professional manner.
 

The tasty cafe provides all types of tea and coffee which costs from Rs 10- 20. They also provide homely snacks. They prepare snacks from home its self and most of their customers prefer steamed food items such as ilayappom, egg bajji etc. These women are in a journey to fulfill their dreams of acquiring a financially stable life, for now they are earning around Rs 3000 per day. They are ever ready to work hard as they believe in Kudumbashree Mission whom they can confide genuinely. Kudumbasree opens cafe corner at Directorate of Public Instruction at Thiruvananthapuram- Featured TopicsThe enterprise is set up with the help of the centrally designed programme National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM). Kudumbashree Mission is the nodal agency for implementing NULM in Kerala.

Nakshathra Ladies Homestay, enterprise promoted by NULM is opened at Tirur Municipality. The unit provide home stay services for women and has sufficient facilities to provide accommodation for 12 customers at a time. Smt. Vijeesha K.P is the entrepreneur who started the home stay who have had previous experience in the same field. The unit is functioning on the first floor of a rented home at Police Lane, Tirur. The need of rented homes and lodges of women for long and short term stay became the motive behind the formation of the unit. As many women from places outside Malappuram district are working and studying in various institutions, offices, and govt offices in and around Tirur. As per the present status, more of them are unnecessarily spend a huge amount for residence and food.

Based on the market potential, Nakshathra Ladies Homestay envisages an attractive package for working women and travelling women.  Nakshathra Ladies Homestay   provides better and secure stay home with homely food in reasonable service charges. The services provided by Nakshathra Ladies Homestay include short stay home services, regular stay home services, homely food and taxi services. Nakshathra Ladies Homestay is a unique women initiative of NULM in Tirur Municipality. Providing better and competitive hospitality management services for travelers and working women is the main objective of the business. 

Rs 2 lakhs is the total project cost out of which  Rs 10000 is the contribution of the beneficiary. Rs 1,90,000 was availed from UCO Bank, Tirur as bank loan. The enterprise is set up with the help of the centrally designed programme  National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM). Kudumbashree Mission is the nodal agency for implementing NULM in Kerala.

The construction of the houses using Ramoji Fim City's CSR Fund is progressing in Alappuzha District. Construction of 42 houses out of the 116 houses have been completed in the first phase. The houses are built in Ambalappuzha, Aryad, Bharanikkavu, Chambakkulam, Haripad, Kanjikuzhi, Mavelikkara, Muthukulam, Pattanakkad, Chengannur, Thaikkattusserry and Veliyanad blocks of Alappuzha district. Nirmashree', a labour contracting society, formed by Kudumbashree Mission joining 55 Kudumbashree women construction groups which has more than 250 members is undertaking the construction of the 116 houses being built in the district.

Kudumbashree had received Ramoji Film City's CSR fund for constructing 116 houses in Alappuzha. Ramoji film city, the world’s largest integrated film city and India's only thematic holiday destination had offered Rs 7 crores for building houses for the people in the flood hit areas of Alappuzha. It is as per the request of Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister, Government of Kerala that Ramoji Film City came forward with the CSR fund for constructing the houses in Alappuzha. As per the agreement, a total of 116 houses are being constructed in the district. Construction of each house would cost around Rs 6 lakhs. The agreement regarding the same was signed at the function held at Camelot Convention Centre, Pathirappally, Alappuzha on 1 March 2019 in the presence of Shri. A.C Moideen, Minister for Local Self Governments, Government of Kerala and Dr T.M Thomas Issac, Minister of Finance and Coir, Government of Kerala. Shri. Krishna Teja IAS, Sub Collector, Alappuzha is in charge of monitoring the status of the construction of the houses.

Shri.Raveendran from Ambalappuzha North Panchayath, Smt. Ananda Ammal from Ambalappuzha South Panchayath, Smt. Rethi Bhai from Purakkad Panchayath, Smt. Indulekha from Punnapra Panchayath, Smt. Jayanthi from Punnapra North Panchayath, Smt. Moly from Muhamma Panchayath, Shri. Dasappan from Muhamma Panchayath, Smt. Maheshwari from Thamarakkulam Panchayath, Smt. Rasheeda from Thamarakkulam Panchayath, Smt. Mini Raghu from Palamel Panchayath, Smt. Radhamani Amma from Thamarakkulam Panchayath, Smt. Rajamma from Nedumudi Panchayath, Shri. Mohanan from Nedumudi Panchayath, Smt. Latha from Nedumudi Panchayath, Shri. Muraleedharan from Edathua Panchayath, Smt. Jyothi from Pallippad Panchayath, Smt. Manju from Pallippad Panchayath, Smt. Shyamala from Pallippad Panchayath, Smt. Sharada from Pallippad Panchayath, Smt. Laila from Mararikulam North Panchayath, Smt. Ambujaakshi from Mararikulam North Panchayath Smt. Manju from Mararikulam North Panchayath, Smt. Kamalakshi from Mararikulam North Panchayath, Smt. Maya Sreenivasan from Thaneermukkom Panchayath, Shri. Shaji from Thanneermukkom Panchayath, Shri. Surendran from Thanneermukkom Panchayath, Shri. Raveendran from Thanneermukkom Panchayath, Smt. Ambika from Thanneermukkom Panchayath, Smt. usha Reghu from Thekkekkara Panchayath, Shri. Anil Kumar from Thazhakkara Panchayath, Smt. Santha from Thekkekkara Panchayath, Smt Sindhu from Kandalloor Panchayath, Shri. Shivadasan from Kandalloor Panchayath, Smt. Sarasamma from Pattanakkad Panchayath, Smt. Sindhu from Pattanakkad Panchayath, Smt. Ammini from Venmani Panchayath, Smt. Anila Kumari from Venmani Panchayath, Smt. Ananda Bose from Thaikkattuserry, Smt.Valsamma from Veliyanad Panchayath, Shri. Nalan from Muttar Panchayath, Smt. Kanchana from Muttar Panchayath and Smt. Leela Prabhakar from Pulikunnuu Panchayath are the beneficiaries of the programme in the first phase.The project is being implemented in three phases. Kudumbashree Mission had identified the beneficiaries and forwarded the list to the CSR committee of Ramoji Film City.

The Lok Sabha Elections of 2019, has indeed been a very special occasion for the members of Kudumbashree Mission, as this time, Kudumbashree members got a goldenyet rare opportunity to showcase their own strengths and make maximum out of it by becoming part of the electoral process in Kerala.  Kudumbashree Mission had partnered with the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala (CEO) for providing various services during Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Through this partnering, Kudumbashree Mission envisaged at including these common women in the democratic process thereby ensuring absolute women empowerment in all arenas of their lives.  Kudumbashree Mission viewed it as an opportunity to serve the public and also proposed economic empowerment for the women through these activities.The Lok Sabha Elections of 2019, has indeed been a very special occasion for the members of Kudumbashree Mission, as this time, Kudumbashree members got a goldenyet rare opportunity to showcase their own strengths and make maximum out of it by becoming part of the electoral process in Kerala.  Kudumbashree Mission had partnered with the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala (CEO) for providing various services during Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Through this partnering, Kudumbashree Mission envisaged at including these common women in the democratic process thereby ensuring absolute women empowerment in all arenas of their lives.  Kudumbashree Mission viewed it as an opportunity to serve the public and also proposed economic empowerment for the women through these activities.   Read More

Kudumbashree Mission launched launched three innovative enterprises in Paravur Municipality. Designer Cloth bag making units, A 2 Z service team and Fresh cut vegetable & Fish are the three innovative enterprises launched by Paravur Municipality associating with  Kudumbashree Mission. The teams are set up with the help of the centrally designed programme  National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM).
 
The five Kudumbashree units in Ward number 16 at Paravur Municipality are operating the bag manufacturing units with subsidy from the municipality. Designer cloth bag making units have started grabbing attention with their unique bag manufacturing project. When other tailoring units are struggling to dispose the pieces of cloth after stitching dress, these women find these clothes as raw material for their product. They collect such pieces of cloth and started making beautiful bags. Apart from hand bags and sling bags, the team also introduced pencil pouch titled ‘Changathi Cheppu’ to replace plastic pouches used by students. This eco-friendly project has secured recognition of State Haritha Keralam Mission. A year ago, the women attended a training session in cloth bag making at Paravur. Bhoomithra club in Ernakulam St. Terasas College organised the training programme  The municipality had even explored new ways to market cloth bags. The bags are being sold through the Nano market of Kudumbashree.  Apart from this, the municipality had strictly directed all shops to replace sale of plastic bags with cloth bags. Cloth bags and pencil pouches manufactured at Paravur will be made available soon in ‘Amazon', the online shopping site as the Municipality had reached upto an agreement with Amazon marketing department in this regard. The Municipality will sponsor ‘Changathi cheppu’, the pencil pouch, to all students in all LP schools and UP schools this academic year. The move was taken to completely replace plastic pouches or boxes with cloth pouches. The chairman noted that around 3000 pencil pouches will be made available from Kudumbashree for this purpose.  

The A2Z Service team is from Vaniyakkad of Paravur Municipality. They make avail the services to households and offices like paying telephone bills, electricity bills water bills, buying medicines for those who stay alone, getting food from hotels, buying and delivering grocery, vegetables, fish etc.The A2Z service team make avail all these services in minimal rates.

The Fresh Cut Vegetables and Fish supplies 'ready to cook' clean and fresh vegetables and fish in minimal rates to the customers. Sukrutham Fresh Cut Vegetables and Vegetables and Fish unit and Nanma Vegetables and Fish cut unit are the units which make avail the ready to cook fish and vegetables to the customers. During May 2018, Paravur Municipality had launched three innovative enterprises. It is in addition to those innovative enterprises, that the new set of innovative enterprises are launched.

Kudumbashree Wayanad District Mission join hands with Mananthavady Municipality to set up work space for street cobblers.

The street cobblers of the town, who are the part and parcel of the daily lives of the public were invisible as like the road side dwellers till then. They used to stitch,glue and polish the damaged footwear and made it good as new. Even in the midst of summer, they had to sit on the road side to earn their daily bread. Kudumbashree Wayanad District Mission and Mananthavady Municipality has now arranged them a proper and comfortable work space.

The twelve cobblers had been working near the Mananthavady block office road side for many years and had suffered several hardships due to the inconsistency of their damaged shelter. Even though they had raised their voice for about a decade, nothing had happened. They have had identity cards, but weren't able to work properly. But now, Mananthavady Municipality as part of National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) rehabilitated the cobblers with the support of Kudumbashree Wayanad District Mission.The National Urban Livelihood Mission aims at solving the concerns of urban street vendors and gives them suitable spaces for a good work environment.

The rehabilitation was done in three phases. In the first phase, the group of twelve cobblers was organised by Kudumbashree Wayanad District Mission through the Prathyasha Scheme and were given economic assistance. The activities to ensure suitable hygienic space for them was also started. They were given unified shelter to work properly. Rs 3 lakhs was provided to each group, which they do not have to pay back. Kudumbashree Mission is the nodal agency for implementing the activities of NULM activities in Kerala.

Kudumbashree received HUDCO Award for Best Practices-PMAY-LIFE House Construction through Kudumbashree Women Construction Groups. The award was presented by Shri.G.Parthasarathy IFS (Retd.), President, India Habitat Centre to Smt. Roshni Pillai, State Programme Manager, PMAY at the programme held at Stain Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on 25 April 2019. Hudco Awards for Best Practices are given in 6 various themes viz., urban governance, housing, urban poverty and infrastructure, urban transport, environmental management, energy conservation and green building, sanitation, urban design and regional planning, inner city revitalization and conservation. Kudumbashree Mission has been awarded for PMAY-LIFE House Construction through Kudumbashree Women Construction Groups under the theme housing, urban poverty and infrastructure.

Kudumbashree women has been rewriting history by undertaking works in the construction sector. It was on anticipating the huge shortage of labour force in the near future because of various determined Government campaigns of mass housing,that training was extended to women in construction sector. So that groups of micro contractors could be formed, who can take up the construction of houses of poor and needy, in addition to taking up of bigger projects. As a part of LIFE mission more than 2.5 lakhs houses are being constructed in the state which provide huge employment opportunity for women construction groups. Further, once the construction groups completes 3/4 houses, it is aimed to upgrade them to become micro contractors for taking up various works of local self governments. Training is given by taking up the construction of the beneficiaries of various government schemes like PMAY(U), LIFE etc.

Accredited agenicies like State Nirmithi Kendra, District Nirmithi Kendra, Maithri, Habitat, Thrissur Labour Contracting Society, Pinarayi Industrial Cooperative Society, Kerala State Housing Board, Kerala State Construction Corporation, Costford, Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society, Kitco, Eksath etc are extending construction training to the identified groups in the respective districts under the leadership of the the Kudumbashree District Mission Coordinators. Training on construction activities for Kudumbashree members aims to extend skill training for women in various trades in the construction industry for enhancing the skill of the women in construction related activities such that a sustainable income is generated.

Kudumbashree women would take up the cleaning activities in the polling stations at Kasargode in connection with the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Kudumbashree women would serve drinking water to the election officials and would clean the polling stations on the completion of the election procedure. Therefore, Kudumbashree women would clean the 976 polling booths in the district. 2 persons each would be entrusted with the cleaning activities in all booths. Kudumbashree women would be given wages for a day as per the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA), the Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.

Kudumbashree Mission has been entrusted by the various DEO's in Kerala for various activities such as providing food in training centres, for arranging food for polling officials, printing and data entry works, Harithakarmasena for maintaining green protocol etc. Rangashree, the community theatre group of Kudumbashree Mission had already started working partnering with the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala for conducting the SVEEP (Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation System) activities for Election to Lok Sabha. Kudumbashree had already opened 204 canteens across the state in distribution centres and despatch centres in connection with Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

Kudumbashree opened canteens in distribution centres and despatch centres in connection with Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Canteens are opened in 13 out of the 14 districts in Kerala. A total of  94 canteens are opened altogether.  In addition to this, food would be served to the officials in the polling stations as well. Kudumbashree units are entrusted for serving food in the distribution centres and despatch centres. Breakfast, lunch, tea, snacks and dinner are being served  to the officials. The canteens would be functioning at the distribution centres and despatch centres on 22 and 23 April 2019. Kudumbashree women would serve food in few collection centres as well. The Cafe Kudumbashree canteens opened will follow Green Protocol. Steel plates and glasses would be used for serving the food. The canteens opened in all polling stations are crowded with the officials.  Kudumbashree is offering food in nominal rates. Kudumbashree's canteens are being a boon to the officials.

Kudumbashree Mission has been entrusted by the various DEO's in Kerala for various activities such as providing food in training centres, for arranging food for polling officials, printing and data entry works, Harithakarmasena for maintaining green protocol etc. Rangashree, the community theatre group of Kudumbashree Mission had already started working partnering with the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala for conducting the SVEEP (Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation System) activities for Election to Lok Sabha.