Kerala Declares Itself Free of Extreme Poverty

Imagine a state in India wanted to make sure no family was super, super poor.

They looked closely starting in 2021 to find families who didn't have enough food, a safe place to live, money, or good health.

After about four and a half years of hard work, where many helpers worked together, they helped these families.

They gave them food, helped with houses and land, and made sure they could get medical care.

Now, the state is saying it has helped all those families, and they are the first Indian state to say they have no more extremely poor families.

This is a big achievement, but they know they need to keep checking to make sure no one else becomes extremely poor.