This story is dedicated to an uneducated Lady Guddi, belonging to deprived family of village Utila. She had limitation of resources but was committed to ensure better education for her children. In her family, the only source of earning was her husband, working as contract labour in a company. With limited economic resources, they were capable to manage their fundamental …
Background The village of Nimmaji Kho community is surrounded by hills and there was no toilet in most of the households and open defecation was a normal practice. People did not see open defecation as a problem as they felt having a toilet near the house was unhygienic. This inspiring story belongs to Rajkumari Dhanuk, a mother of two teenage …
Background and Borrower’s details Premwati Batham and her husband has been running a bakery successfully from an extension of their home for last 20 years, to earn a living. They bake different types of Biscuits, Pastry, Cake etc., and sell them from their home vicinity. Though she has been doing this for 20 years, their family income is barely INR …
Background and Borrower’s details Jyoti Kushwaha and her husband are self-employed vegetable vendors, selling vegetables door-to-door using a rented handcart. She plans to operate her vegetable business from a shop setup at her home. She wants to avail a loan of INR 8000/- to start a vegetable shop by purchasing a weighing scale and all kinds of vegetables from a …
Rani is 14 yrs old and was completely secured from the social injustice activites because of VAMA which could be happened with her by one of the family member after her parents got expired because she has the knowledge of child marriage and its consequences. Being an orphan she stays at Sanjeevni Bal Ashram , the Ashram was established by …
Mr.Bendiram was having five daughters and two sons in his family and they were spending miserable life in Raura village. They were having four acre land but that land was barren due to irrigation problems which were led by water scarcity in that area. VAMA helped him in many ways. VAMA started it works in the village Raura and also …
Anna Devi The president of the group Anna Devi and another member Jayanti Devi have also taken loans to increase investment in their work and gain profit. Anna Devi conducts business of bangles while Jayanti Devi conducts garbage business. According to these members, they have to pay less interest for loans from VAMA MFI and moreover, they do not have …
Manorama Devi The ‘Harsh’ Self Help Group of Nayapura presents an example of empowered women through self-employment. The group has 10 members. The president of the group Manorama Devi carries out work of Hosiery (tailoring). Apart from these, she also carves statues from mud and Plaster of Paris (PoP). According to Manorama Devi, she had taken loan amount of Rs …
