Porkulam Grama Panchayat

Porkulam Grama Panchayat is located in the block of Thalappilly taluk, district. Porkulam Grama Panchayat covers an area of 14.49 sq km and is spread over the villages of Akathiyoor, Porkulam and . Porkulam panchayat is bounded on the south by municipality, Arthath and Chovannur panchayats, on the west by panchayat, on the north by panchayat and on the east by panchayat.

Community Development Society

Smt. Sreeja is the present CDS chairperson of Porkkulam Gramapanchayat. There are 13 ADSs under Porkulam CDC with 153 neighborhoods.

1 Name of the CDS Porkkulam 2 Block Chovvannur 3 No of Wards 13 4 No of NHG 153 5 Total No of NHG Members 2571 6 No. of elderly NHG 10 7 No of Elderly Members 124 8 No. of special NHGs 1 9 No. of Members 14 10 Total thrift 1057950/-

General Achievements

There are 153 neighborhood groups in the Porkulam CDS and all the neighborhood groups are linked with bank and availed loan. 10 neighborhood groups received matching grand. 55 JLGs are cultivating on 52 acres of land. Paddy and vegetables are the major crops. 93 families are supporting through destitute free programme and 29 families are supporting through Snehitha Calling bell programme. 10 Aadugraamam units and 9 backyard poultry units are functioning in the CDS. 52 micro enterprise units with 192 members are started functioning in the CDS. 44 Balasabha groups with 528 children are functioning. 8 students enrolled in the DDU GKY programme.

Special Achievements

Kudumbashree Matrimony

Porkulam grama panchyath CDS started a matrimony unit, which is the first of its kind in the state, run by a women society. To prevent the marriage frauds by making use of the vast network that Kudumbashree possess all over the state is the main motive behind this initiative. Four staff members are employed at the office of Kudumbashree Matrimony located near Porkulam Grampanchayath Office, Kunnamkulam. So far, Kudumbashree Matrimony had successfully made happen more than 108 marriages.

Achievements for the last three years

Porkkulam community development society continues the development activities during the last three years with excellent activities. During this period 10 new neighborhood groups were formed with 165 members. 134 neighborhood groups were supported for bank loan. 26 new micro enterprises units Established. Formed 18 joint liability groups in the CDS. The major crops are paddy and vegetables. 9 animal husbandry units and 6 common interest units in dairy sector were established during this period.

Kudumbashree event Management unit

Kudumbashree CDS started event management unit on 12.04.2017 with 100 members. Event Management unit started the programme by serving foods in marriage functions. All the members are women. The CDS provide proper trainings to the group with the support of AIFRHAM. Today Porkulam Grama Panchayat Event Management Team continues to function as an excellent team.

Support to Chief Ministers Fund (CMDRF)

During the covid 19 pandemic Porkulam CDS collected 1.5 lakh rupees to Chief Ministers Fund.

Best Practice: Snehanidhi – A helping hand to the needy

Kudumbasree Snehanidhi started as an activity of collecting 120 rupees per year from each of the NHG members for a common fund to support the poor and the needy Kudumbashree family members. Snehanidhi Project is one of the best activities of the present CDS committee. With this fund CDS supported 50 members till date and spent 650000 rupees for the same.

CDS feedback

All are very happy to be part of the community action. The CDS vice chairperson expressed that the self satisfaction from each of the activities conducted through the Kudumbashree net work is the motivating factor to work with the community.

Future plan

The Kudumbashree CDS is planning to become a self reliant society. The team also planning to provide honorarium to all the CDS members from the CDS own fund. It is also planned to start a supermarket by collecting shares from Kudumbashree members.

General feedback/ Suggestions

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