thiruvananthapuram kudumbashree the statemanaged ngo would present a plan offering needbased support to attapadi as part of the kudumbashrees annual plan to the national rural livelihood mission nrlms empowered committee meet in new delhi on june 19 identifying the needs of the tribal community will be the next step and for that a subunit of kudumbashree will function in coordination with about 200 ooru vikasana samithis or hamlet development committees in the tribal hamlets of attapadi the subunit will begin work soon after obtaining centres sanction for the rs 100crore attapadi special package at the empowered committee meet kudumbashree executive director k b valsala kumari told toi on monday the tribal community in attapadi has thrived on nutritionrich millets such as ragi and chama hence these crops will be considered in the traditional farming plan their livelihood options will be identified and given priority while deepening kudumbashrees activities she said kudumbashree officials expect to coordinate the activities to identify the needs and priorities of the tribal community before the visit of the task force committee led by sm vijayanand additional secretary union ministry for rural development to attapadi on july 29 though kudumbashree had formed neighbourhood groups they are not active now they have to be revived and proper awareness needs to be created among the tribal community on existing kudumbashree schemes such as ashraya to address lack of food health problems pension offer childrens education shelter safe drinking water sanitation facilities skill development and gainful employment opportunities from the livelihood skills we would offer they would have options in handicraft or food processing and they would be given the required support to train and set up micro enterprises offering microcredit through bank linkages