By Atul Lekhra | Manager- Online Donor Communication
Dear Friend,
Your donation directly impacts lives and empowers women like Hakri. Hakri, resides in Gojiya village, a disadvantaged village in southern Rajasthan, one of the world’s most impoverished places where people live on an average of $0.35 per day. Hakri, a housewife and mother of three, struggling to survive on her husband’s meagre labourer’s wage, was empowered through her involvement with one of Seva Mandir’s women’s groups and armed with a new found confidence and a sewing machine, she now contributes to her family’s financial security.
In Hakri’s own words:
“I wanted to provide good education to my children but my husband’s earning was not that sufficient. I came to know about the women’s group run by Seva Mandir. I find it’s authentic and safe to join.”
Hakri had sewing skills having previously attended classes at a nearby training centre and through her association with the Seva Mandir women’s group she had the support and gained the confidence to take a small loan from the group and purchase a sewing machine and open a home based shop. In only a few months Hakri has repaid the loan and is adding to the family budget.
Pictured here with her sewing machine Hakri is beaming with the confidence she has gained from this experience - both socially and financially.
Your continuing generous donations to our ‘Make Women in Rural India Financially Secure’ project enables us to help many such women like Hakri help themselves. At present Seva Mandir organises 627 women’s self-help groups with a membership of 9625 women throughout 168 villages of Udaipur district in southern Rajasthan. Without your donations we could not do it. A heartfelt Thank You once again!!
We would love to hear your feedback and comments on our program. Please do reach out to us at atullekhra@sevamandir.org
Regards
Atul Lekhra and Seva Mandir Team
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