Empowering Women's with Sustainable Livelihood

The village Gudha, near the religious city Pushkar in Ajmer district has water problem, because of what agricultural production has been reducing slowly. There is a lack of employment and the population doesn’t have any sustainable means of livelihood. So, Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan told two women self help group about Self Employment and Skill Development in November 2014.

Women of Nagnechi and Jagdamba women self help groups showed interest to take vocational education. Thereafter, the qualified instructor of Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan provide training for bag making and Rajasthani handicraft successfully to 22 women of Nagnechi and Jagdamba women self help groups from 24 December 2014 to 2 January 2015 under the project “Empowering Poor women with sustainable livelihood”.

A shop is also being provided in handicraft exhibition to women self help groups for marketing support so that women group may get a fair price for their product and get rid of the brokers. Now these women are happy since they have got employment at their doors. Now their standard of living and economic level is getting increased.

In the words of Manju Devi, 36 years aged member of women self help group: -

Today, all the women of Gudha village want to thank you all the donors, Global Giving Foundation and Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan. because we have got happiness in our lives just because all of them and we request all the donors that they would donate in the interest of such poor women from time to time so that they can get smile on their faces and to strengthen their standard of living.

The supervision and management of the project (Self-employment Training) has been done successfully by Mrs. Asha Devi and Mrs. Meenu Devi.

Thanks for your support.

Links:

• changemakers

The mutated name of our group is Parivartan Women Self Help group which is operated in Bhanwta, Block Pisangan, Ajmer. There are 11 women members in the group from Bhanwta whose president is Mrs. Achuki Devi. Most of the women of our group belong from Rajput community which has the principal identity in society.

Bhanwta is an agrarian village, but the farming business is being deteriorated due to lack of water. Our village comes in the dark zone category of Indian Government whereby digging for well, boring etc. is absolutely forbidden. We don’t have any occupation except farming. The crisis for livelihood has been erected in the families.

Since most of the women of our group are Rajput, they are tied with traditional bonds such as PARDA system, be forbidden to go out for wages, etc. Therefore, the education of children becomes a problem due to lack of occupation.

Then, we came in contact with Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan in October 2014. We informed the workers of the foundation about our problems. Thereafter they held three meetings with our group in October. Then 7 days training for micro entrepreneurship, our Rajasthani handicrafts such as Doorbell, Festoons etc. was given by expert trainer of the foundation, Mrs. Asha Rajpurohit.

Then Rajasthan Sansthan communicating our problems to ICICI Bank Manager.Our meeting was organized with the Bank Manager and Managing Director, Mr. Shyam Sundar Batham. And we got loan of Rs. 56,000 by the cooperation of Rajasthan Sansthan.

We purchased raw material from bank loan and all women started making doorbells.

The women members of our groups are making sale of the handicrafts through Rajasthan Sansthan and the group is getting handsome profit. Now the members of Parivartan Mahila self help group are happy because they have got employment at their homes. The standard of living and economic status of women group is getting better.

We want to thank to all the donors and Global Giving Foundation. Their cause got us happiness in our life. We also request to all the donors to donate from time to time for the poor women so that the living standard of rural women may be strengthened.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Links:

• #GivingTuesday for empowering women
• RSKS INDIA webpage