“I am president of a cluster consisting of 150 SHGs and more than 2,000 members and their families spread over a large area of the Panchayat of Kumarapuram at Karuvatta. The health insurance of our members, the educational needs of the children of our members and their loans are all taken care of by the […]

When Mini and Kalesh went around forming self-help groups, Mini’s husband, PV Joykutty, went with them. Because he was politically active, he was known and respected, so he attracted people. Mini first started one SHG, Darshana, which became one of 28 SHGs in the Thalvady Cluster, formed in 2013. Mini became the coordinator. But later […]

Every group has a memory of its greatest challenge. “There is a girl named Sunita in the Prarthana AmritaSREE SHG,” Karuna recalls. Her husband is a loading worker, and they have two children. After much difficulty, they finally built a home for themselves. They had taken a loan from the bank to finance the house. […]