Right Sharing Partners in India
Floriculture training
More floriculture training
Here are some more photos from Right Sharing of World Resources beneficiaries in South India who received training and support for beginning micro-enterprises in floriculture amongst other projects. (Read more on this group here.) The first two photos show the women—a group of 25 (and growing)—at a four day training. The second two pictures show two of the women, amongst their crops.
When dismal health conditions closed the tannery and weavery where the 22 women of “Semin
When dismal health conditions closed the tannery and weavery where the 22 women of “Seminary of Women Empowerment” formerly worked, a broad new opportunity began. They would be their own bosses, while being supported by and accountable to one another. They applied for a group micro-loan through Right Sharing of World Resources and upon receiving the $4875, began 4 new strands of income generating work: weaving, baskets, garment-making, and produce-vending.
The report above shares their thanks as well as photos from their ventures.
Aiming for Sweet Success
The Salem District of Tamil Nadu, south India is rich with hills. The area is known by surrounding communities for it’s mangoes, steel and a large dam called the Mettur Dam. (Pictured left.)
The area is familiar to us, Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR), because we have partnered with a women’s self-help group there called Rural People’s Development Society, to encourage micro-enterprise development.
If you follow the sound of bees buzzing, you may happen upon the honey-saturated boxes of twenty-five women who have benefitted from RSWR microcredit to begin their new ventures. Bee-keeping was one of the entrepreneurial activities these women chose to create better economic resources for themselves and their families.
The women were trained by area Beekeeper, Mr. Vijayan, who instructed them about proper care of the bees while maintaining safety for themselves. (See below.)
The group has already identified 15 more women to whom they would like to revolve their loan, to keep empowerment aflight.
To learn about this and other RSWR projects, visit our website.
One of the most inspiring facets of this self-help group, in a time like this, is that these wome
One of the most inspiring facets of this self-help group, in a time like this, is that these women are religious minorities who have joined together in microfinance ventures. In south India, where they are located, religious minorities means the joining of Christians and Muslims. Mixing relationship, money, accountability and responsibility is a risky prospect in any group, but there is something especially heartening here.
These Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR)
These Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) beneficiaries are from the self-help group Annai Mary Foundation from Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, South India. They are 50 women from 10 villages engaged in organic farming practices. Their RSWR grant provided start-up capital as well as trainings in organizing and running a self-help group, book keeping, and skills training. 50 families are being impacted by a simple donation of $5,500.
