Dimapur, May 2 (EMN): Women self help groups (SHG) and members under the Nagaland State Rural Livelihood Mission (NSRLM), Longmatra block in Kiphire district, are said tp be playing a key role in the state government’s effort to contain Covid-19.
A press release from NSRLM Longmatra block stated that SHG members were given the responsibilitiy of creating awareness on Covid-19 at the community level starting from second week of March 2020. The members along with NSRLM staff took upon the responsibility to circulate IEC materials to combat coronavirus.
The members also made rural people made understand in simple language the do’s and don’ts, importance of social distancing and the importance of staying home to break the transmission chain and to defeat coronavirus. Besides, the SHG members also took initiative in making masks and distributed to the community free of cost.
The women village organisations also provided relief materials like rice, potatoes etc. to the needy and daily wage earners in the block affected by lockdown.
In a bid to ensure availability of local products to the public and improve the livelihood of farmers, RD department involving NSRLM, in coordination with the district administration, had procured various locally produced vegetables from SHGs under Kiphire and Longmatra block and sold in shift bazaar, which was temporarily arranged by the district administration on alternate days. It stated that the products were brought by the department from the spot and were sold voluntarily by the NSRLM staff at the market.
In an expressing gratitude, NSRLM staff distributed bundles of green vegetables free of cost to all the frontline workers on duty to fight Covid-19 on May 1.
