Edamulakkal  CDS is located in the Anchal block of Kollam District. Smt. Ambika T S is the current CDS chairperson and it the second term for her as the chairperson. The present CDS committee was succesful in activating all inactive NHGs in the CDS. The CDS has distributed over 6 crore rupees as linkage loan and most of the NHGs have availed the loan. The CDS has completed the auditing of all the NHGs. The members have motivated the inactive ME groups and JLGs to be active in their fields and thereby many new enterprises were also formed...

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Kottukal CDS is a coastal CDS located in the Athiyannur Block of Thiruvananthapuram District. Selected artists at CDS level and formed a group called Kalagramam and conducted training at the CDS level as part of Responsible Tourism, which enable them to participate in competitions up to the State Level. CDS provide financial support for this ...

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Kinanoor Karindalam community development society is located in the Parappa block of Kasargod district. The geographical area of Panchayat is 77.49 sq.km. Kudumbashree CDS was constituted in the year of 2002. Kinanoor Karindalam CDS has 17 Area Development Society (ADS) with 387 Neighbourhood groups (NHG). 6037 families are benefiting through Kudumbashree activities...

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Kidangoor has been selected as the best performing CDS in Kottayam district. Dedicated & sincere efforts of the CDS chairperson Smt. Sreeja Santhosh and has significantly contributed towards this achievement...

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Malayinkeezhu CDS is led by a Chairperson who believes that  joining Kudumbashree in the year 2003, a watershed moment in her life, took her to plunge deeper into activities that benefitted community ever since. She has joined the democratic process later, became a member and to expand the scope of the work across the whole Panchayath, assumed the leadership of CDS...

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Pooyappally CDS is located in Kottarakkara block in Kollam district. The CDS committee under the chairpersonship of Smt. Sudharma Sathyan, has been able to make remarkable achievements in the past 3 years. CDS has been actively involved in institution building and financial empowerment. Financial empowerment is inevitable for the sustainability of a community structure. Effective interventions have been made to make the community structure self reliant. The CDS is making steps towards preventing inter generational transmission of poverty through Balakrishi units and Bala libraries pencil camps and various other activities. However, the pandemic has obstructed them from  fulfilling some of the dream projects such as establishing a blood bank...

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Porkulam Grama Panchayat is located in the Chowannur block of Thalappilly taluk, Thrissur district. Porkulam Grama Panchayat covers an area of 14.49 sq km and is spread over the villages of Akathiyoor, Porkulam and Mangad. Porkulam panchayat is bounded on the south by Kunnamkulam municipality, Arthath and Chovannur panchayats, on the west by Kattakampal panchayat, on the north by Kadavallur panchayat and on the east by Kadangode panchayat...

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Kudumbashree Community development society (CDS) in Kayyur Cheemeni plays a very major role in bringing women to the forefront as decision makers. There are 16 Area Development Societies (ADS) and total of 335 Neighbourhood Groups. Representatives of 76% (5375) members of the total households are part of Kudumbashree Network...

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Moopainad Community Development Society(CDS) in Wayanad District is one of the best CDS in Kerala. Moopaiand CDS has achieved the best CDS award in the district continues for 2 times. The area of the panchayat is 68.92 KMS.it shares a border with district Malappuram and the state Tamilnadu. The population is 26,125. The number of wards the Area Development Societies (ADS) is16. The number of NHGs are 312 with 4490 members...

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The results of Kudumbashree oru Nerchithram’ Photography Competition Season 3 has been announced. Shri. T.J Vargheese, Thaivelikkakath House, Pachalam, Ernakulam bagged the first prize. Shri. P.P Ratheesh, Photographer, Mathrubhumi Palakkad unit came second and Shri. Dinesh Insight, Adithi Nilayam, Kottakanni, Kasaragod came in third place. The Award for the Best Photographer is Rs 20,000. The second prize and third prize are Rs 10,000 and Rs 5000 respectively. The jury consisted of Shri. G. Pramod, Chief Photographer, Deshabhimani, Shri. V. Vinod, Chief Photographer, Information and Public Relations Department, Smt. U.S. Rakhi, News Photographer, and Smt. Asha Vargheese, Director, Kudumbashree Mission selected the winners.

Kudumbashree Mission which envisions at eradicating poverty through women in Kerala had successfully completed 22 revolutionary years, conducted the photography competition for motivating the aspiring photographers and to propagate the activities of Kudumbashree Mission through photographs.The contestants were directed to submit photographs that reflect the various activities of Kudumbashree Mission. Rs 1000 each will be issued for 10 entries as consolation prizes. K.Pramod, Praveen Kumar, Ashok Manaloor, Rakesh Puthur, Sibin Bahuleyan, Akhil. E.S, Tojo P Antony, Shiju Panthalloor, Sumesh Kottiyath, N Elango Gopan are the Consolation Prize winners.

The Photography Competition was envisaged realising that the best photographs depicting the hard work of Kudumbashree members would further boost the women empowerment process. The third season of the competition was held from 1 January 2020 to 29 February 2020. Good quality photographs portraying the strength of Kudumbashree, functioning focusing on women empowerment is considered for the ‘Kudumbashree Oru Nerchithram’ Photography Competition, which is being conducted from 2017 onwards. Like the first two seasons, the third season has also received good responses. The fourth season of the competition would be held during December 2020.