Only when all the people get their justice and their rights served devoid of their gender and social differences, we could say that a society is acting as an ideal one. Inclusivity is that notion that binds it all together. If any social being would be deprived of their rights, we would not be able to call it an ideal society.  Kudumbashree, since its inception had been trying to address all the social issues existing in the society. Kudumbashree mainly focused on the women from the financially backward families and by empowering them and help them find a livelihood of their own, Kudumbashree played a key role in bringing in changes in as many families in the state.

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The women of Kannur District had started a Coir Defibering unit which had been launched at Pariyaram of Kannur district of Kerala. At the same time, yet another coir defibering unit was launched at Thrissur as well. Launched as per the special directions of Dr. T.M Thomas Issac, Minister of Finance, Government of Kerala, more horizons of job opportunity were opened to the women. The initiative had not only helped to find a new livelihood for the women but also it is strengthening the coir industry sector in the state. Yet another coir defibering had been started at Thrissur district of Kerala along with the one started at Pariyaram. The programme waswould soon be extended to more districts in the state gradually. Let’s see how the programme is progressing in Thrissur district of Kerala!

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There are lots of women who have succeeded in their life through Kudumbashree, the poverty eradication mission of Kerala. Kudumbashree is always encouraging and supporting the NHG members to come forward, be a part of the decision making process in the society and earn by their own and stand tall. Kudumbashree always support the members to explore various livelihood opportunities that is available in the society and make use of it.

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Food is one of the basic necessities of human beings along with cloth and shelter. There are lot of people in our society they do not have the means for a meal for a day. Some of them do not have enough money to buy food or some of them have no ability to prepare food for themselves.

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How nice it would be if the Kudumbashree women would be able to lead a class of their own to researchers, scholars and students about Kudumbashree, its evolution and other important programmes and policies?!That would cost a lot, to educate the women, train them well how to lead classes, how to prepare etc. Well, that would no longer remain only as a mere idea. It has alreadybecome a reality now. Kudumbashree had been empowering women economically and socially. Now Kudumbashree has succeeded in making them Kudumbashree women self-sustainable as well. The women who were once reluctant to face the public and were reluctant to go to a public office has now became too bold to lead classes to many. The women of Nadathara Panchayath of Thrissur district of Kerala has revolutionized the whole concept and proved that nothing is impossible for them.By setting up the first of its kind Centre of Excellence in a Panchayath, Nadathara had set a mark. Let us see how this conceptwas evolved and how it was made happen possible by the Kudumbashree Thrissur District Mission.

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As per the 2011 Census Data, 12.8% of people are above 60 years of age. By 2030, the percentage of the elderly people would cross 20%. That means, one fifth of the population of Kerala would constitute elderly people. The vanished joint family setup, drift towards modern nuclear families, urbanisation, and mass migration of youngsters for jobs and education have left many elders lonely and isolated.Elder people are highly vulnerable to loneliness and social isolation and it could even affect them very adversely during their old age and it is on identifying the same and it was for addressing the issue of social isolation, Kudumbashree put forward the idea of Elderly NHGs. Pakalveedu is yet another concept of the Government of Kerala which stands for the welfare of the lonely elder people, where they can spend their lonely time with other elderly people. The respective Local Self Government Institutions would be in charge of the Pakalveed in every Panchayath. The district mission of Thrissur thought of converging both these concepts and tried to make maximum out of it. Let us see how these concepts were merged together for the welfare of the elderly people in the district of Thrissur.

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Kudumbashree is the state poverty eradication mission of Kerala which is functioning with an idea of poverty eradication through women empowerment. The main activity of  Kudumbashree is the efforts of empowering women through their financial empowerment. Based on this Kudumbashree is providing livelihood opportunities to NHG members and thereby helping them to earn by themselves and in turn stand tall in the society. 

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Arivulsavam is now being implemented at all the districts in the leadership of the respective district missions.  But it was the district mission of Thrissur who put forward the idea of organising it for the first time. Arivulsavam is nothing but an exam conducted for Kudumbashree women in NHG level, ADS level and CDS level.  Thrissur District Mission’s idea of conducting the examination was well appreciated by Kudumbashree State Mission and decided to implement the same in the state level. Let us read about how the concept was evolved and how it got scaled up to the state level.

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To organize and implement programs and projects to address gender issues and to build gender equality in governance by promoting leadership, decision making abilities and challenging power relations is the aim of Gender Resource Centres. Thrissur district has already set up Gender Resource Centres at 3/4th of the CDSs in the district. The Gender Resource Centres are functioning addressing every issues of women in the society. The issues of the women are given the attention it calls for and by opening Gender Resource Centres in almost every Panchayath in the district, the District Mission of Thrissur is taking the issues to the next level and helping them find solutions for the same. Let us know, how Kudumbashree’s Gender Resource Centres of Thrissur were evolved and how they are addressing their issues and resolved the same.

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Inflation is the biggest threat that we are facing now. It is the common man who is mostly affected by inflation. Food inflation in turn results in increase the price of essential food items. People who need to travel mostly depend on hotels for having food. When food inflation happens, the price range of food items in hotels will also increase accordingly.

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