Kudumbashree has received yet another work order for making face shield. The order is received from Kerala Medical Services Corporation under Health Department of Kerala for making 2,81,128 face shields at the rate of Rs 20 per shield. Kudumbashree had received work order of Rs.56.22 lakhs towards this. Kudumbashree had already received from Sreechithra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences for 1500 face shields. 

The entrepreneurs from Thiruvananthapuram district are assembling this product now. The face shields are produced through the Akshayam Enterprise unit functioning in Karakulam Panchayath of Thiruvananthapuram district. There are 10 members in this unit. When they started getting more orders, training was extended to 15 more women and now the face shields are produced by a team of 25 people. 4000 face shields are produced through these units every day. A total of 15,000 face shields had already been produced through this unit. It is planned to produce the face shields as per the above order from this unit itself. If needed, the units in other districts would also be equipped for face shield production.

Kudumbashree, The state poverty eradication mission of Kerala have been implementing numerous projects as part of  COVID -19 countering activities. Other than this, each of the district teams planning and executing several programmes based on local needs also.

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Kudumbashree-made IEC kits, 3,000 in number, were presented to the expats landed in Kochi International Airport in Nedumbassery.

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Kuttampuzha Gramapanchayat, mainly populated with people in Scheduled Tribe has women making the best out of bee farming. The apiculturists had their first harvest during lockdown days.

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Kudumbashree extends support to Subhiksha Keralam, a government initiative aiming self-sustainability in food safety and production. The project received a wonderful start with the planting of 10 lakh vegetable saplings in Kanjikkuzhy grama panchayat in Alappuzha by Kudumbashree as part of the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana(MKSP) project. Veggies produced that way was disbursed among 8,600 families and 320 group farming initiatives under Kudumbashree in the panchayat. Larger aim is to enable families grow produce on their own to meet day-to-day needs.

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As the people are staying indoors in the background of corona virus spread, Kudumbashree Thrissur District Mission stood out by organising 'I know SVEP' to make the corona period informative. The 'I know SVEP' campain was organised at Kodakara Block of Thrissur district under the leadership of  Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP). The campaign aimed at motivating the 
entrepreneurs as the lock down is ongoing and the activities are paused and make the entrepreneurs realise the need of an enterprise in such a situation. The campaign also aimed to know how Kudumbashree and SVEP function among common people.

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Kudumbahsree is doing several activities in support of state and central governments to fight aginst the spread of Corona virus. NHG members, employees as well as all the people related to this mission are part of these activities.

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Kudumbashree Thrissur District Mission  is setting a new model by arranging food for the NRIs and NRKs who are in institutional quarantine after returning to their homelands. The Kudumbashree units in the district are arranging tasty food for them. It is as per the directions of the Thrissur District Administration and the convergences with the Local Self Government Institutions, that the food is being served to the Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and Non Resident Keralites (NRKs) who are in institutional quarantine. Food is also served to the health workers, representatives of the Local Self Government Department, volunteers and police officials through the Kudumbashree units in Thrissur district.

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Keeping all the protocols of social distancing, Kudumbashree Malappuram District Mission is formulating and implementing 'Avale Ariyaam', online research programme during covid-19 lock down.Through this online research programme, Kudumbashree Malappuram District Mission aims at identifying the factors that pose a barrier to the development of women, analyse it and publish the same after studying the lives of women who are challenged by the social morality.

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Kudumbashree members from Kozhikode are extending services including cleaning at COVID care centres set up for foreign returnees as part of COVID 19 pandemic all across the globe. Its in the COVID care centre which is functioning at MBA hostel in NIT campus, Chathamangalom, the members of Chathamangalom CDS are doing their duty.

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