SHGs

“Today, women from all backgrounds and other villages, including those who have B.Ed degrees or more, come to us to join our work.”

Axis Bank Foundation, in association with the NGO, Srijan, through the Buddha Fellowship Programme, has taken on-board IIM graduates and is nurturing these young individuals to take up entrepreneurial roles in the development sector.

Kudumbashree’s holistic approach towards financial empowerment has worked wonders in Kerala.

When women like Jyosana and Sumitra had lost all hopes of a better life, local Panchayat and SHGs jumped in to support them and made sure they got their right place in their homes and society. This is how localised interventions are helping women of Odisha.