Times are trying but we need to stay put. Searching for that silver lining and praying in who we believe in. This pandemic and the lockdown that came with it have led to the rise of domestic violence and crimes against children in the state. However, not all hope is gone just yet. There’s always…
National Handloom day is celebrated on the 7th August, in honor of the handloom weavers and to create an awareness about the importance of the industry in socio development of the nation, also to revive the roots of handlooms and provide work to weavers. Most importantly, handlooms are environmentally friendly, and a viable way to…
As per the biology dictionary, “germination” refers to the process by which an organism grows from a seed or a spore. The most common forms of germination includes a seed sprouting to form a seedling and the formation of a spore-ling from a spore. Thus germination occurs primarily in plant and fungal species”. Why Germination…
#AssamFloods #Lendahelpinghand #NorthEastNetwork Despite the pandemic, nature’s wrath is at it again with the floods in Assam. Lets join hands together by helping them in this crisis
The world Youth Skill Days was observed on 15-07-20 at Thurutsuswu and Phughi village, Nagaland, Phek District under the theme With the current lockdown that is taking place, the community celebrated its World Youth Skills Day on bamboo crafting with a goal to encourage the youth to pursue creative activity as a means of coping…
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown has undoubtedly brought down unimaginable hardships on people belonging from all walks of life. Junumoni, hailing from Kamrup, Assam, who also works as a Community Mobilizer for North East Network, has also faced various challenges as a result of the lockdown. The lockdown meant that now she would…
Shelter Homes in Assam are not accepting new residents in the absence of relevant guidelines for the COVID 19 Pandemic The safety of our homes has become rhetoric in the political narrative of the COVID 19 Pandemic. For those without it, the government claims to provide for shelter homes. There are over 70 shelter homes…
Funded by Brot fur die Welt (BfdW) and MISEREOR Germany, the project has been initiated in the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland since April 2019 and is to be fully implemented by 31st March 2022. The objective of the project is that women’s agency and community activism are sustained towards securing economic, cultural, political, ecological rights and entitlements. In…
Funded by Ford Foundation,the project has beenimplemented since 1st January 2019 and ending on 31st December, 2022.NEN’s long term goal is economic empowerment of rural women in north east India alongside upholding of their social and cultural rights, through sustainable livelihoods linked to preservation of their traditional practices of weaving, cultivation and collective work culture.
Funded by Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI), the project has been implemented in Assam and Meghalaya since 1st January 2018 and ending on 31st December 2020. The project aims to reduced incidence of domestic violence by 30% in select 5 districts of Assam and Meghalaya by the end of 3rd year by strengthening community response, ensuring state accountability…