NIRMAN (Nutrition Integrated Rural Management for Agriculture & Nurturing) is a community-led rural development project implemented in Kranti Block, Jalpaiguri.

• The project aims to empower 500 marginalized women through sustainable livelihoods, nutrition enhancement, financial literacy, and education support.
• It promotes the formation and strengthening of 50 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as platforms for collective action and economic empowerment.
• The project supports backyard poultry, homestead horticulture, and other low-cost livelihood activities to improve household income and food security.
• It provides financial literacy and entrepreneurship training to enhance women’s access to savings, credit, and government schemes.
• NIRMAN establishes community-based Support Schools to improve access to quality education for children from beneficiary families.
• The project follows a sustainable, community-owned approach aligned with SDGs to improve economic resilience, nutrition, gender equity, and educational outcomes.

Identification and inclusion of 500 marginalized women from vulnerable households using participatory community processes.
• Formation and strengthening of 50 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to promote collective action, leadership, and mutual support.
• Promotion of sustainable livelihood activities such as backyard poultry and homestead horticulture to enhance household income and food security.
• Capacity-building initiatives focused on livelihood management, entrepreneurship, and climate-resilient practices.
• Provision of livelihood inputs, technical guidance, and continuous handholding support to beneficiaries.
• Monthly nutritional assistance to vulnerable households during the livelihood development phase.
• Financial literacy and digital banking awareness programmes to strengthen financial inclusion and economic independence.
• Establishment of community-based Support Schools to improve educational outcomes, child well-being, and holistic development.
• Encouragement of women’s leadership, participation in decision-making, and engagement in community development.
• Adoption of a community-owned and sustainable model aligned with long-term resilience and SDG goals.

Project Location: Kranti Block, Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, covering selected rural communities and 500 marginalized women-led households through SHGs, Support Schools, horticultural activity and supporting nutrition.

• Increased income and livelihood security among 500 marginalized women and their families.
• Improved household nutrition, food security, and overall family well-being.
• Strengthened Self-Help Groups (SHGs) promoting women’s leadership, financial inclusion, and community participation.
• Enhanced access to quality education for children through community-based Support Schools.
• Improved learning outcomes, school retention, and educational aspirations among children from vulnerable households.
• Promotion of children’s holistic development, including cognitive, social, emotional, and life-skill development.
• Creation of a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment that contributes to children’s overall well-being.
• Increased resilience and long-term socio-economic development of vulnerable families and communities.