By Sanju Devi | Village Entrepreneur
The Journey of Sanju Devi..
I am Sanju Devi, age 35 from Paini village and I have four children My husband works a labourer and earns maximum 250 INR per day ($4 a day) but every day he drinks almost $1 worth of alcohol and it was difficult to manage the family
One day I was approached by People First health team and was invited to the sewing centre at Paini, and I joined the Self-Help Group and started training at Paini Sewing Training centre. I was depositing 20I INR per month ( about $3) somehow and was learning tailoring also. I completed my training course and borrowed from the self-help group and purchased one sewing machine and started to make clothes for selling in the local market.
From that day my life changed.
So pleased were my customers that I began to sell more and more and I am thinking even of going into partnership with another local woman who is also doing very well with her hand operated sewing machine.
The family income has greatly improved but here is the main matter…it’s my money- it cannot be spent on drink!
My life has been totally transformed for the better,
I thank you so much for supporting this project.
Sanju Devi and Family
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