Rural women support their families and villages

Dear Friends, Greetings from Seva Mandir! With this letter, I am very happy to share with you some news and updates about the program you have been supporting. Since we’ve launched this project on Global Giving, we have managed to raise about $12,500. With a target goal of $100,000, we still have a long way to go....

Dear Friends, This month we bring you the story of Kolika, a woman whose life has improved because of her involvement in programs run with the help of your generous support.  Kokila lives in Kojawada village of Kherwara block with her husband, three daughters and two sons. Her husband is involved in farming and...

Wish you a very Happy Holiday Season! Thank you for your continued support to our project ‘Rural women support their families and villages’. With your support we are about to begin a new year and are excited about the hopes and challenges it will bring. And at this yearend, we would like to share half yearly...

Hello Friends, I am here again to share with you happiness, light and tranquility on this Diwali from all the 8,000 rural women to save up a little every month. They have now over $ 5 millions, with which they do internal lending for their immediate needs as well as to set up a small income generation program. Diwali is a...

We would like to thank you for your support to our project ‘Rural women support their families and villages’. With this letter, we have attached the annual progress report of this project, for you to know how exactly your donations are creating real change. Highlights of this year… ~ Total 553 Self Help...

We would like to thank you once again for your continuing support and faith in our work! Your valuable donations have been crucial in helping us make a great difference in people’s lives here in Rajasthan. We are thrilled to announce that one of our photos has been selected to feature in the Photo Contest 2012...

Dear Friends, Hope you are well. Half of our monsoon period is over and we have not received any rains. It is a worrisome situation for us. A large number of people in villages were we work, are dependent on agriculture. If it doesn’t rain, the food security for these families will be affected. Therefore, we are...

Dear Friends, Hope you are well. We are very grateful to your continuing support to our project “Rural women support their families and villages”. I am writing to share with you the progress report of the project. As you know the project aims at bringing rural women together for saving and credit activities...

Dear Friend,   I very much hope that you are enjoying the holiday season. From all of us here at Seva Mandir, a very happy and prosperous New Year to you. May 2012 brings peace and success to you and to your family. We thank you for your kindness that you gift us always. With this letter, we love to share some key...

Dear Friends, Greetings from Seva Mandir! Hope you are well. Earlier we told you about an MBA course that has been organized for SHG leaders. The program that you support offers a variety of oppurtunities to these leaders. The MBA course is one such opportunity. My colleagues have shared with me a blog that was written by...

Dear Friends, Greetings from Seva Mandir! Hope you are well. The monsoon has come to Rajasthan last week. Everyone is excited to have clouds in the sky and hoping to have a good monsoon year. I am sharing the annual report of our Self Help Group (SHG) program that you are supporting. The report accounts detailed...

Dear friends, Hope you are well. Thank you for your continuing support. We are very grateful to you donations and inputs. Every time with our letter to you, we wish to acquaint you with Seva Mandir a bit more. In this letter, you will get to know about the process of our business planning. Seva Mandir focuses on...

Dear Friends, Greetings from Seva Mandir!! I have two pieces of news to share before we talk about Heerki whose life has been transformed because of your support and SHGs. One -we had participated in a fund raising event on Global Giving UK. The challenge Top 10 wins challenge (1st to 14th March) required us to raise at...

Wishing you a very happy, prosperous and wonderful 2011. Thank you friends for extending peace, love and support to all of us in 2010. We look forward to another great year with you. Year by year, our association is getting stronger. Thank you very much for adding happiness to our lives. A small drawing made by Durga...

Dear Friends, Happy Holiday Season! Hope you are enjoying the holiday season. This year the winter started a little later here but it is pleasantly cold right now. We hope it is also nice weather where you are. Thank you for supporting women of our region. Currently there are 493 Self Help Groups (SHGs) with a membership...

Dear Friends, Thank you very much for your continuing support to the rural women of our region. With this letter, I would like to share with you a story of the ornamental fishery that women in Kaya village are doing. However, before the story, we want you to know something about our monsoon. You will be very happy to...

Dear Friends, Greetings from Seva Mandir! Thank you for your continuing support to rural women gaining financial autonomy and being able to help their families. Ms. Anjali Fleury from USA has been volunteering with Seva Mandir and is working on our SHG program. She has been meeting women in the rural areas who are...

Dear Friends, New Year Greetings from Seva Mandir! We hope the New Year brings joy, happiness, peace and success to everyone’s life. We also hope that together we will be able to reduce the sufferings of our planet. Thank you very much for your overwhelming response during the recent challenge. We are indeed very...

December 7, 2009 Dear Friend, Greetings from Seva Mandir! Many thanks to all of you for responding to our call of support during ‘Give More and Get More’ Challenge. We did quite well in the challenge and you would be happy to note that we stood third with receiving over $35,000 across various projects. The...

It’s the season for Thanks and Giving…and we hope very much that you will continue your support to Seva Mandir. We wanted to let you know about an exciting opportunity that we are participating in through our partners, Global Giving. A donation made to any of our projects, on Global Giving between November 10 and...