Pushpa’s License to Freedom

Manjari Corner

Manjari Foundation has been honored with two prestigious awards at the 29th State level Bhamasha Award Ceremony 2025 by Rajasthan Government. Manjari's Executive Director, Shri Sanjay Kumar was honored by Honorable Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shri Prem Chand Bairwa, for Manjari Foundation continued efforts in water conservation at the "Paalar Paani" program in Jaipur organized by Sach Bedhak Media Group. Workshop organized in Kishanganj Baran on green jobs, solar energy, and organic farming with government officers from agriculture, horticulture and PRI department. In village Khor, dropout and school-going girls were educated about nutrition and basic mathematics. Manjari is delighted to announce its partnership with Jhajjar power limited, formalized through an MOU, to drive transformative change by empowering rural women by developing their institutions and enterprises.

Pushpa’s License To Freedom

Jun 07, 2023

Pushpa is a mother of three from Zawar, Rajasthan. In 2016, she joined a Self-Help-Group, thanks to Manjari Foundation’s intervention in her village. Having studied till class 5, she was assigned the task of a bookkeeper. In 2018, her husband who worked in a hazardous mine developed silicosis and passed away suddenly. “Had I not joined the SHG, what would’ve been the plight of my family?” says Pushpa. The tragedy however didn’t deter her spirit. She started learning to drive and soon became good at it. Today, Pushpa is driving a Hindustan Zinc vehicle and earning a handsome Rs.13,000 monthly salary. “I need not worry about finances anymore. I am confident in looking after my family’s needs and making sure that my children get a good education,” she says. Pushpa hopes that one day they will secure government jobs and make their mother proud!