By Sumedha Sharma | Project Leader
Dear Global Givers,
Thank you for your recent donation to GlobalGiving to support our campaign where we are working with 50 rural women entrepreneurs to help them overcome poverty.
The campaign has taken off well and although iPartner India has not been able to raise enough funds online, we are happy to have the support of offline donors who have made it possible for our team to take up the initiatives mentioned below;
Story from the field
Meena is a resident of Ramjipura and has 6 members in her family. She has 3 daughters and a son. Her husband works as a casual labourer and finds it difficult to get regular employment. When Covid hit, Meena had to shut her shop permanently. She took subsequent loans to sustain the family during Covid. Her 3 children had to drop out of school because they could not afford to pay school fees.
Meena became a part of the Self-Help Group (SHG) set up at Ramjipura. The SHG helped her to believe in herself and Meena once again started saving money through SHG. Within a few months, the women of the Self-help group motivated her to open a general store once again. With the support of Rs.25,000/- she was able to reopen her shop. With the reopening of the shop, she has been able to earn approximately INR 200 per day. According to Meena “Meri 3 bacchiyan wapas se padhai karne lagi hai dukaan ki kamayi se” (My three girls have started going to school again because of the income from the shop). She is simultaneously saving money to increase the number of items in the shop.
In each of the projects and its components, iPartner India is committed to promoting women entrepreneurs. We will continue to do so in the future through your support. These women have much more potential to achieve their dream if they are given the right opportunity and the financial support to start an enterprise. We believe that through this campaign, we will achieve in making these women economically self-reliant and become earning members of their families.
Thank you, Global Givers for your continued support in our endeavor to empower women.
With deep gratitude,
Team iPartner India
By Sumedha Sharma | Project Leader
By Sumedha Sharma | Project Leader
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