Swayam Shikshan Prayog

They had never met before but their journeys were very similar. Meet the two women leaders who started off small, and now help other women become self-sufficient.

Vanita Balbhim Manshetty, a 35-year-old farmer from Maharashtra, took up the one-acre farming model in 2014. Today, as an independent farmer, she is happy to provide her family with nutritious, organic food.

Empowered women in Maharashtra's drought-hit areas take up farming to ensure their families have enough to eat and their kids can go to school.

Sakhis are women equipped with health devices such as blood pressure machines, glucometers, etc., along with mobile tablets, who visit rural women door-to-door to conduct basic medical tests and surveys in villages.