A pilot to support resource-poor families is underway in the state of Mizoram. Understanding the high demand for broiler chicken meat in the community and to sustain livelihoods, DCI supplied 100 broiler chicks including feed to impoverished families living in displaced conditions. Raised well, the chicks shall grow to provide eggs and meat for both food and income to families. […]

India has made significant strides in reducing malaria mortality and morbidity over the past decade. The country has implemented various strategies including widespread distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor residual spraying, and improved access to diagnosis and treatment. However, some regions, like the state of Mizoram in North-East India, continue to face challenges in combating malaria. Factors contributing to ongoing […]

Flood and Covid-19 became a potent combination of discomfort in the year 2020. As the first floods hit in May 2020 destroying standing crops, farm lands, infrastructure and human settlements, the events intensified coupled with cyclone Amphan affecting tens of thousands of people. As people hurried to relief camps amidst standard operating protocols drawn by the State Disaster Management Authority, […]

Lockdown imposed movement restrictions and social distancing measures. All these took the masses by surprise gripped with fear. This hampered access to food grain. It was therefore, necessary to ensure supply of food grains in areas where the need was felt. DCI conducted needs assessment and identified Katpuha in Nalbari district, Chenga in Barpeta district, Radhanagar, Rajnagar and Gorangabazaar in […]

The first wave of Covid-19 in 2020 put people at risk of hunger apart from health and threat to live and livelihoods. The World Food Programme estimated the pandemic to see more than a quarter billion people suffering from acute hunger by the end of the year. Strained food supplies hit the homeless and those who live in destitution. With […]