By Atul Lekhra | Programme Incharge
Dear Friend,
The participation of women in the workforce not only encourages women but the nation as well. Financial inclusion of women increases their access to resources and also helps reduce women’s vulnerability.
Seen 50 springs of life, Sovni lives with her husband and kids; 3 daughters and 1 married son. Her family is engaged in agriculture work and are dependent on it for livelihood. Her son is daily wage laborer and travels to Udaipur everyday in search of work. Sovni was living under primitive conditions as the rains are not much supportive in the area. With the Seva Mandir intervention, Sovni became a member of Self-Help-Group in 2018. She has saved Rs. 1,700 ($24) through this group.
She took part in vegetable cultivation activity and cultivated Okra, Cluster bean, Bottle gourd, Coriander, and Ridge gourd. At the harvesting time, she grew around 160 kg of vegetables and earned Rs. 7,000 ($96). Now, she invested the amount and bought an ox (untrained bull) for Rs. 6,000 ($82). She believes this investment will help her in field work for future similar interventions.
At present, she has cultivated rose in her fields and also maintaining a nursery of marigold. She is happy that Seva Mandir’s interventions are helping her at this stage of life and feels encouraged to do more to secure the future of her family.
Presently, Seva Mandir is helping 20,000 women run 1,300 Self Help Groups. Without your support none of this would be possible, so a heartfelt thank you goes out to you for supporting our efforts in empowering women.
Best regards,
Atul Lekhra & the Seva Mandir Team
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