Business School for Rural Women in Maharashtra

Low start up costs are crucial for the initiation of any micro enterprise. Here at Mann Vikas we teach skills to our women that can be easily turned into a business with only a small purchase of basic materials, such as cloth or a sewing machine. In this picture, the women are learning how to produce decorative cotton bags that can be sold at the local market.

Computer classes taught through our business school connect rural women to a globalizing world, endow them with marketable skills and confidence, and grant them access to a new medium of self-directed learning.

This financial literacy class, taught by the branch manager of our Vaduj bank location, teaches students the basics of savings, debt management, and bank services. These classes are crucial to teaching healthy financial habits and promoting the inclusion of marginalized, rural populations.

One of our clients, studying material for her financial literacy class. For many women, both young and old alike, these classes teach them the financial skills necessary to begin micro enterprises which bring secure incomes to their families.