Manjari Corner

Under the Entrepreneurship Development Program, a total of 75 entrepreneurs participated in the 2 batches of 3 day EDP training at Jhajjar location. Women from our Uthori Jagriti Kala Manch delivered a powerful nukkad natak on women empowerment at Shilpgram and the Fatehsagar Flower Show attended by over one lakh visitors. Our all-girls Manjari Football Club's debuted at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Football League against boys' teams. Kumari Aarti, Goalkeeper, awarded with "Player of the Match" on Day 1 and Kumari Damini named "Player of the Match" on Day 2. A two-day training program was organised at Dariba location focusing on capacity building, teamwork and field skills for the group sakhis. Financial literacy training was conducted in Bhaldia, which included money management, savings, investment strategies, and maintaining income-expenditure balance. Information was also provided about Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana.

The Unstoppable Shanti Bai: How One Woman Changed Her Destiny

This is the story of Shanti Bai, who was married at an young age of 16 years and has 3 children. Her daughter has dropped out of school and is married. Her eldest son has also dropped out from school after class 12 and is working as a mechanic in Surat. Her husband works as a construction worker and his income is very irregular. She was a unlettered and was a housewife when she decided to start her own enterprise.

Shanti Bai was associated with Sakhi project as a SHG member in 2021. She had availed a loan of 25K in 2022 and a loan of 25K in June 2022 to open a grocery shop in her village. She earns 5-6K every month from her grocery shop. She has also reared buffalo and goats for additional income. She says “I wanted to go to school with my brothers but my father never allowed me to go to school and instead I was asked to do all the household work. She is illiterate but she has learnt to calculate money and maintain her stock in the shop. She feels that she has received true empowerment after she has ventured out of home.