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Chandrani’s chicken & potato curry with parathas

Here’s a really delicious Bengali style curry made by Chandrani, our Head of Livelihood Programmes in Kolkata.  In the video...

10 highlights from 2019-2020

We have just published our detailed, illustrated Annual Review for the year 2019/20 which you can view here: Annual Review...

Mr Nawshir Khurody | Shivia Ambassador

Mr Nawshir Khurody | Shivia Ambassador

    After a brief stint as assistant to Mr. H. Holck-Larsen, the founder of Larsen & Toubro, Mr. Khurody...

Khursheed N. Khurody | Chairman of Shivia Livelihoods Foundation

Khursheed N. Khurody | Chairman of Shivia Livelihoods Foundation

Khursheed is Advisor & Consultant to several Global Not-for-Profit Organisations on fundraising; organisational development; governance; strategy; risk and change management;...

Cyclone Amphan hits West Bengal

The people of West Bengal have been dealt another devastating blow as the full force of Cyclone Amphan hit yesterday....

Photo gallery: Our response to Covid-19

Our field team in West Bengal have been delivering essential items to our beneficiaries, including face-masks, soap, hand sanitiser, sanitary...

Kolkata in lockdown from the air

Conversations with Kolkata

Welcome to our audio blog where we discuss with our colleagues in Kolkata, Joe Rao and Chandrani Banerjee, our thoughts...

Our response to Covid-19

Our response to Covid-19

On 27th March 2020, Olly Donnelly wrote the following statement about how we are responding to Covid-19.   Since then, we...

Support Shivia with your online shopping

Did you know that you can donate to Shivia while you shop? Here’s how… GoRaise: free donations every time you...

IMPACT STORIES

Poultry Farmer

(SHANTI)

Shanti lives in the Nayagarh District in Odisha with her husband and…

Poultry Farmer

(RACHANA)

Rachana was one of the first women to enrol on Poultry Development…

Poultry Farmer

(AKINA)

Akina is 50 and is married with seven daughters. She and her…

Paddy Farmer

(NISHIKANTA)

Nishikanta is 45 and he registered for AMS in June 2014. He…

  • It has been a pleasure to help shine a light on the inspirational work that Shivia does. The team’s passion and determination to make a lasting difference to families living in poverty – and doing so respectfully – is clear in every interaction. By contributing support for their marketing communications and brand identity evolution, we hope that they will be able to empower even more people in the future.
    Rebecca Lovelock
    Founder at Bretom
  • Shivia’s work is very impressive - how it is carried out and who the people are working in the locations.  It is a very healthy and together team which is being very effective.
    Jane Meyer
    Trustee of T&J Meyer Family Foundation
  • "The work Shivia does is simple and yet so life-changing, we’re thrilled to have been part of the charity’s growth story and hope to partner with them for many years to come.”
    Marisa Charosky
    Coordinator - Artemis Charitable Foundation
  • Agri-management Services has the capacity to deliver lasting change for our farmers. I have always felt that the farmers feed our nation while they can hardly afford to feed themselves. What an irony. So if my team and I are able to help farmers earn a sustainable income through agriculture, there’s nothing better than this.

    Joe Rao
    Lead Consultant for Shivia
  • I have witnessed first-hand how Shivia has not just changed but transformed people's lives with its livelihood programmes.
    Yasmine Hilton
    Chairman - Shivia
  • Alquity supports Shivia because they transform lives by giving people the opportunity to do things themselves and they do it with dignity.
    Suresh Mistry
    Director - Alquity