Empower Women to Seek New Opportunities in India
Micro credit in India
Summary
Self-help groups in India provide women space to participate in training, avail new ideas, and develop self-confidence, self-esteem, & solidarity. Access to credit helps them start income generation.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,336 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (Gravis) That You Can Help
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Being an arid area, farming is highly vulnerable and oriented to meeting subsistence needs in the family. Men migrate because the return from agriculture is low and there are scant employment opportunities. The situation of women is more acute as they have to take care of the entire family. The project will meet the economic needs of women through SHGs. SHGs are a powerful tool for providing credit to acutely poor populations, while fostering economic and social empowerment among group members.
Activities
Organize 200 women into SHGs; train women in group management, saving, bookkeeping, and interacting with local banks. Provide small loans for viable and practical income-generation projects; ensure ownership of processes-conception to delivery.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,336
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,336 . The original project funding goal was $3,500.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will further the social and economic empowerment of women in Rajasthan to a profound degree. The SHGs provide a powerful platform to improve women’s decision-making power and the economic well-being of families and whole communities.
Project Message
We need to raise the self-esteem of women and provide them the opportunity beyond their day-to-day drudgery.
- Shashi Tyagi, Secretary, GRAVIS
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Katherine Zavala
Programs Coordinator, IDEX
IDEX
827 Valencia Street, Suite 101
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
415-824-8384
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (Gravis)
3/458 Milkman Colony Pal Road
Jodhpur,
Rajasthan
342001
India
91-291-2741317
http://www.gravis.org.in/
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
India
and can also be found under 
Economic Development.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 5, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Final Report
By Yael Falicov - Director of Programs, IDEX, August 13, 2008 05:41 PM
5 of the groups were provided with start-up capital for microloans. These groups are from the Gagadi field center of GRAVIS. They were given the fund for starting various income generating activities. This money is being used as a revolving fund for strengthening small businesses started in remote villages by local women. So far, they have set up grocery shops, vegetable stands and soap production facilities.
Thank you for all your support for this project. To continue to support GRAVIS’ work please visit Project 2171 – Help women secure food and water in India.
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