Purpose : to add more variety of toys in the store
Kinaben is a 43-years-old married woman from a small village of Ahmedabad district, Gujarat. She has a family of 2 members and manages to accumulate a monthly household income of an amount of INR 15,000. She leads a group of 57 women. She runs a toy store business. She plans to purchase more stock of toys stock in order to make more profit and increase her family income. An increase in the income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence for the women in the villages. It will give an indepen... Read more
Purpose : to bringin more variety of items into the grocery store
Mina is a 50-years-old married woman from a small village of Imphal East district, Manipur. She has a family of 4 members and manages to accumulate a monthly household income of an amount of INR 12,000. She is the leader of a group of 15 women. She and her family run a grocery business. The income is barely enough to cover the family and educational expenses of their children. She plans to purchase more stock of items in order to make more profit and increase her family income. An increase in the income levels and control over inco... Read more
Purpose : to buy threads in bulk and add more weaving items in the handloom business
Binarani is a 54-year-old married woman residing in Imphal West district of Manipur. She runs a household of 3 members. She is involved in weaving business and manages to accumulate a household income of a monthly amount of INR. 12,000. She runs a group of 15 members who are good weavers too. She realises that an increase in her income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give her an independent means of generating wealth and becoming self-reliant in a society. This will genera... Read more
Purpose : to buy seeds, fertilizers and so on to expand tthe agricultural business
Jahema is a 30-year-old married woman residing in Birbhum district of West Bengal. She has a family of 4 members. She is a working woman and manages to accumulate a household income of an amount of INR.9,000 per month. She leads a group of 41 women who want to expand their respective businesses. She realises that an increase in her income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give her an independent means of generating wealth and becoming self-reliant in a society. This will ge... Read more
Purpose : to purchase threads, needles, etc in order to expand business.
Babita is a 49- year- old married woman. She resides in the Imphal east district of Manipur. She has a family of 4 members. She has a farmer and has a monthly family income roughly around INR 10,000. She has a formed and is leading a group of 15 members who, just like Babita, work hard to support their families and save for their secured futures. She realises that an increase in her and her friend’s monthly family incomes and their ability to save from it will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give them an alt... Read more
Purpose : to buy cows and engage in dairy farming to ensure the financial stability of their families
Amaravathi is a 30-year-old married woman residing in a small village in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. She has a family of four members including her two children. She is a dairy farmer and has a monthly household income INR 15,000. She has formed and is leading a group of six members who, just like herself, work hard to support their families and save for their future. Being a shrewd woman, she knows that an increase in all of their monthly incomes will ensure greater levels of economic independence. While all their families... Read more
Purpose : to buy a cow and sell more milk and milk products
Sameera is a 36-year-old married woman residing in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. She has a family of 4 members. She is a working woman and manages to accumulate a household income of an amount of INR.22,500 per month. She leads a group of 6 women who want to expand their dairy business. She realises that an increase in her income levels and control over income will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give her an independent means of generating wealth and becoming self-reliant in a society. This will genera... Read more
Purpose : to sell more number of ready-made clothing apparels
Bimola is a 50-years-old married woman from a small village of Imphal West district, Manipur. She has a family of 5 members and manages to accumulate a monthly household income of an amount of INR 11,000. She leads a group of 20 women. She and her family run the clothing sales business. They purchase different clothes such as sari, kids garments, shirts, pants, t-shirt, etc from the wholesale dealers and sell them in their shop. The clothing sales business is the main source of income for the family. The income is barely enough to ... Read more