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Bala Parliament set a noteworthy representation of Balasabha Students Updated On 2019-05-23

The Bala Parliament organised by Kudumbashree Mission set a noteworthy representation of Balasabha Children. Shri. A.C Moideen, Minister, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala inaugurated the Bala Parliament held at Old Legislative Assembly Hall on 22 May 2019. Selected 140 students from 14 districts across the state took part in the programme. After the Bala Parliament, the Balasabha children also visited the New Legislative Assembly Complex.

Students were divided into different groups and out of them 20 students were identified for the roles of President, Prime Minister, Speaker, Opposition Leader and Ministers of various departments. Abhimanyu A.S from Thiruvananthapuram, Surya Suresh from Kottayam, Adithya from Kannur, Abhishek.L. Namboothiri from Kottayam and Aleena from Alappuzha played the roles of Prime Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President and Opposition Leader respectively. 

Smt. Asha Vargheese, Director, Kudumbashree Mission welcomed the gathering and Smt. Hemalatha C.K,  District Mission Coordinator, Kudumbashree Malappuram DIstrict Mission extended Vote of Thanks. Shri. K.P Anil, Private Secretary to Minister, LSGD, Shri. A Santhosh Kumar, Additional Private Secretary to Minister, LSGD, Smt. G.S Amrida, Programme Officer, Social Development, Kudumbashree Mission, Shri. Jijin Gangadharan, State Assistant Programme Manager, Kudumbashree Mission, Shri.Jomon, State Assistant Programme Manager, Kudumbashree Mission, District Programme Managers,  Block Co-ordinators and Resource Persons also attended the programme.

The prime objective of constituting Balasabhas is to prevent inter-generational transmission of poverty through capability enhancement of children. Small Learning Groups for experimental and systematic learning, opportunities for understanding democratic process, participation in conserving environment, enabling children to unfold the intricacies of collectivization are the basic focal points of Balasabha. Bala Parliament is being conducted by Kudumbashree Mission starting from 2007 to educate the children and to make them aware and understand  the democratic process and its importance.

The Bala Parliament organised by Kudumbashree Mission set a noteworthy representation of Balasabha Children. Shri. A.C Moideen, Minister, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala inaugurated the Bala Parliament held at Old Legislative Assembly Hall on 22 May 2019. Selected 140 students from 14 districts across the state took part in the programme. After the Bala Parliament, the Balasabha children also visited the New Legislative Assembly Complex.
 

Students were divided into different groups and out of them 20 students were identified for the roles of President, Prime Minister, Speaker, Opposition Leader and Ministers of various departments. Abhimanyu A.S from Thiruvananthapuram, Surya Suresh from Kottayam, Adithya from Kannur, Abhishek.L. Namboothiri from Kottayam and Aleena from Alappuzha played the roles of Prime Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President and Opposition Leader respectively. 

Smt. Asha Vargheese, Director, Kudumbashree Mission welcomed the gathering and Smt. Hemalatha C.K,  District Mission Coordinator, Kudumbashree Malappuram DIstrict Mission extended Vote of Thanks. Shri. K.P Anil, Private Secretary to Minister, LSGD, Shri. A Santhosh Kumar, Additional Private Secretary to Minister, LSGD, Smt. G.S Amrida, Programme Officer, Social Development, Kudumbashree Mission, Shri. Jijin Gangadharan, State Assistant Programme Manager, Kudumbashree Mission, Shri.Jomon, State Assistant Programme Manager, Kudumbashree Mission, District Programme Managers,  Block Co-ordinators and Resource Persons also attended the programme.

The prime objective of constituting Balasabhas is to prevent inter-generational transmission of poverty through capability enhancement of children. Small Learning Groups for experimental and systematic learning, opportunities for understanding democratic process, participation in conserving environment, enabling children to unfold the intricacies of collectivization are the basic focal points of Balasabha. Bala Parliament is being conducted by Kudumbashree Mission starting from 2007 to educate the children and to make them aware and understand  the democratic process and its importance.

Kudumbashree Thiruvananthapuram District Mission oraganises 'Veetiloru Kudumbashree Ulppannam' Campaign Updated On 2019-05-21

Marking the 21st anniversary of Kudumbashree Mission, Kudumbashree Thiruvananthapuram District Mission organised 'Veetiloru Kudumbashree Ulppannam' Campaign (A Kudumbashree Product in every household) on 17 May 2019 to the entire households in the district. All Kudumbashree members in the district became part of the campaign. Products from over 1600 Kudumbashree micro enterprises in the district as well as the products of Kudumbashree Joint Liability Groups (JLG) including variety of pickles and organic vegetables, and all sorts of household products were distributed to the customers. An amount of Rs 83.81 lakhs was recorded as the total turnover of the campaign. A total of 3,65,312 houses in the district were covered as part of the campaign.

Shri. V.S Achuthananthan, Shri. G. Sudhakaran, Minister for Public Works Department and Registration, Government of Kerala, Shri. Kadakampally Surendran, Minister for Co-operation, Tourism and Devaswom, Government of Kerala, Shri. T.K. Jose IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Government of Kerala, Shri. S. Harikishore IAS, Executive Director, Kudumbashree Mission, Shri. V K Prasanth, Mayor, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Shri. V K Madhu, President, District Panchayath and other representatives of the local self-government bodies in the district and other prominent political and cultural organizations became part of the campaign.

The campaign helped in promoting the products of Kudumbashree micro enterprises. Quality products were distributed among the rural, urban areas and tribal areas with the co-ordination of CDS. The programme was launched a month before and posters and boards were placed in different places to gather more publicity. Meetings were assembled for each micro enterprise units under the CDS and the progress was evaluated. Kudumbashree members under each CDSs distributed the products to the households. The Campaign was organised in Parassala, Perumkadavila, Athiyannoor, Nemom, Pothencode, Vellanad, Nedumangadu, Vamanapuram, Kilimanoor, Chirayankeezhu, Varkala, Nedumangad, Attingal ULB, Varkala, Neyyatinkara ULB and Corporation blocks in the district.

Kudumbashree join hands with Meat Products of India Updated On 2019-05-20

Kudumbashree join hands with Meat Products of India for arranging chicken buy back system for 100 broiler farms of Kudumbashree in Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Thrissur districts of Kerala. The MoU regarding the same was signed between Shri. S. Harikishore IAS, Executive Director, Kudumbashree Mission & Dr. A.S Bijulal, Managing Director, Meat Products of India at Kudumbashree State Mission Office, Thiruvananthapuram on 18 May 2019.  

The  association was delayed due to the uncertainty in giving payments for the broiler farmers and the issue was solved when Kudumbashree Broiler Farmers Producer Company came into being. From now, Kudumbashree Broiler Farmers Producer Company will give payments to the broiler farmers on the same day of buying back the chicken, based on the weight report from Meat Products of India Ltd. Kudumbashree Broiler Farmers Producer Company will also make avail chicks, chicken feed, medicines, technical supervision and Janani  Broiler Insurance Scheme at affordable rates.

Meat Products of India Ltd (MPI) is a major Indian meat processing, packaging, and distribution company.  MPI is a public sector undertaking. The company holds a category A No.1 license from the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India for the manufacture and marketing of meat and meat products.

P C Musthafa addresses Kudumbashree Mission Updated On 2019-05-18

Shri. P C Musthafa, young entrepreneur and founder of iD Fresh Food India Pvt. Ltd addressed the officials of Kudumbashree Mission at the leadership training programme held at Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Pookkode, Wayanad on 18 May 2019.  The District Mission Coordinators, Assistant District Mission Coordinators and officials from Kudumbashree State Mission attended the leadership training led by Shri. P. C Musthafa.

From a school dropout to an IIM graduate, it is the determination and self confidence that made P C Musthafa, the CEO of a Rs 160 crore turnover company. Shri. P. C Musthafa shared about his entrepreneurial journey and how he succeeded in making his small enterprise into a greater success. As a widely celebrated entrepreneur, he has been lauded with many prestigious awards like JCI national award, Vocational excellence award, Entrepreneur India award etc. iD Fresh Food India Pvt. Ltd was founded by Musthafa and his cousins out of a small kitchen in Bangalore during 2005.  Now P C Musthafa and his team is serving homes across the country and Middle East with a team of more than 1500+ employees.The company also sells ready-made Malabar parottas and chapatis (whole wheat and refined flour variants), ragi and oats idli-dosa batters, paneer, curd, vada batter and filter coffee decoction. Prior to his journey as an entrepreneur, P C Musthafa had worked with a few MNCs  across India, Europe, and the Middle-East. 

Shri. P. C Musthafa motivated the officials on how to achieve success with self confidence and determination. The leadership training led by Shri. P.C Musthafa was indeed a great experience for the officials of Kudumbashree Mission.

Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission to train women in climbing coconut trees Updated On 2019-05-16

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.

Kudumbashree opens cafe corner at Directorate of Public Instruction at Thiruvananthapuram Updated On 2019-05-14

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 opened at Tirur Municipality Updated On 2019-05-09

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.

Construction of Houses using Ramoji Film City CSR Fund progressing : Construction of 42 Houses completed in the First Phase Updated On 2019-05-07

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.

Kudumbashree Mission made impact in Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Updated On 2019-05-06

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 launches three Innovative Enterprises in Paravoor Municipality Updated On 2019-05-04

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.