Turning chickens into cash!

We have expanded our Poultry Development Services programme and are now operating in Odisha as well as West Bengal and...

Top prize for our AMS farmers

Top prize for our AMS farmers

Fantastic news from Chandrani Banerjee, Head of Livelihood Programmes for Shivia in West Bengal: “I am delighted to report that...

One million chicks!

One million chicks!

July 2021 marks a significant milestone for Shivia. In 2011 we launched our ‘flagship’ programme – Poultry Development Services, delivering...

Anjali Das

Over the years we have collected numerous stories about the impact of our programmes.  In the majority of cases they...

Sabita

Sabita is one of our most successful poultry farmers. She is very proud of what she has achieved in a...

A marriage proposal!

Meet Raju (pictured here in the centre), a young man of  23 years old living with his parents in one...

Saktipada Biswas

Saktipada Biswas

Saktipada joined us in 2014, the year we launched our Agri-management Services (AMS) programme in West Bengal.  Prior to this...

Rina Khatrapal

Rina Khatrapal

Rina joined Poultry Development Services in 2015 and her story is typical of so many of the women we work...

Basani Ray

Basani Ray

Basanti joined us in 2016 and has chosen to raise ducks rather than chickens. Like so many of our women...

Jhuma Majumder

Jhuma Majumder

Sometimes raising chickens can be the stepping stone to bigger and better things as our women farmers use their income,...

MEET OUR FARMERS

JAYANTI

(Agriculture)

Until I joined Shivia's agriculture programme, I struggled with low yields and limited…

BALIKA

(Agriculture)

Balika's story is a shining example of resilience, hard work and success.…

PARULI

(Poultry Farmer)

Paruli has been on our poultry programme for two years and is…

HADIANI

(Poultry Farmer)

Chickens are often referred to as the ATM of the poor and…

  • 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