WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Our Land, Our Future: World Environment Day Celebration World Environment Day, celebrated on July 2, 2024, serves as a crucial reminder to encourage awareness and action for protecting our environment. Land degradation significantly impacts people’s lives and livelihoods, threatening water and food security and contributing to migration and displacement. To address the climate and […]
NEW MEMBERS
New Members Eight new partners have joined the Lok Manch Network from January 2024, four organization from Pune Province and four organizations from Goa Province. So, with the eight new partners joining the program, the Lok Manch now has 100 partners. The eight organizations are: Kiran Niketan Social Centre, Good Shepherd Convent, Congregation of Handmaids […]
INTERNAL EVALUATION
Internal Evaluation Recognized as an essential tool and integral part of the management process, internal evaluation is increasingly important. The Ensuring Social Protection (ESP) Program conducted a series of internal evaluations in March and April 2024. The process began with drafting and finalizing a template, which was […]
FOUNDING MEMBERS MEET
Founding Members Meet On April 16, 2024, a reflection meeting was conducted for all the founding members of the Ensuring Social Protection (ESP)Program. This session brought key members together to reflect on what has been accomplished, what has not, and what still needs to be done. The reflection meeting focused on the following areas: a) […]
COLLABORATION WITH JAN SWASTHA ABHIYAN
COLLABORATION WITH JAN SWASTHA ABHIYAN “No more out of the pocket spending on healthcare anymore” ~ JSA India is presently in a state of transition – economically, demographically, and epidemiologically in terms of health. The communicable diseases are expected to continue to remain a major public health problem in the coming decades posing a […]
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day “Imagine a gender equal world, a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable and inclusive. We are working towards creating a world where difference is valued and celebrated; together we can forge Women’s equality”. On 8th March’24 all Organizations working under the project (Ensuring Social Protection) […]
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION India is a home to a diverse range of tribal communities each with their unique cultures, traditions and festivals. To provide a glimpse into India’s rich heritage a Tribal Festival was organized on 4th February’ 24 by the Committee of Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), New Delhi. The cultural fest aims […]
Orientation Program for Pune and Goa Partners of ESP
Orientation Program for Pune and Goa Partners of ESP There was an orientation program for the new ESP (Ensuring Social Protection) Partners of Pune and Goa from 23-25 of January, 2024 in De Nobili College, Pune. There were 27 participants from eight different organizations. The Pune and Goa Provinces have joined the ESP Network […]
National Team visits Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
National Team visits Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Fr. Xavier Soreng and Mr. Jayanta Patra went to Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for their monitoring visits of ESP (Ensuring Social Protection) program from 12-19 January, 2024. A meeting was organized in Jharna, Namkum, Ranchi for finalizing Jharkhand State Annual Plan where 21 members participated. The participants included the State […]
Workshop for Finalizing the State and National level draft study reports on Social Protection Floor (SPF) as recommended by ILO (International Labour Organization):
Workshop for Finalizing the State and National level draft study reports on Social Protection Floor (SPF) as recommended by ILO (International Labour Organization): The workshop was held on 18-19 December, 2023 in the Rose Hill, Port Area, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It was for the State Coordinators of ESP, State Level Trainers (SLTs) and Core […]