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- Brinda Karat member of Rajya Sabha, from CPI (Marxist), talks about working and importance of Kudumbashree during recent Kerala floods
Important facts
- History and structure of Kudumbashree
- Kudumbashree is the women empowerment and poverty eradication program, framed and enforced by the State Poverty Eradication Mission (SPEM) by the Government of Kerala in 1998.
- First tier is made up of neighborhood group (NG) and they are directly elected.
- Second tier is made up of Area Development Societies (ADS) which are elected at the level of NG.
- Third tier comprises of community development society (CDS) which are elected at the level of ADS.
- Majority of the members are women belonging to below poverty line.
- Reservation has been given to Dalit and Adivasi women.
- Activities performed by kudumbashree.
- Organic farming of vegetables.
- Activities related to Poultry and dairy.
- Catering and tailoring to its members.
- Training courses in women’s rights, knowledge of constitution.
- Training in skills to set up micro enterprise.
- Training in banking practices
- Relief work done by kudumbashree during Kerala floods.
- In total 4 lakh women volunteer participated in Kerala relief flood
- Members of the organization donated around 7.4 crore in Chief Minister relief fund
- They cleaned 11,300 public places which includes school, hospital, panchayat building, and anganwadi Centre
- Cleaned 200,000 houses filled with filth
- Gave counseling to 40,000 people affected with flood
38,000 members opened their own homes for shelter for flood affected people
