Yearly Archives: 2016

The day isn’t far when Somti’s efforts would transform her village into a ‘Smart Village’

Somti Gathiya is a resident of Village Raipur in District Betul of Madhya Pradesh. She was one of the main facilitators of a self-help group supported by local NGO PRADAN. She got inspired by the functioning at the NGO and hence, wished see herself handling bigger responsibilities in the future. However, being a middle school…

Deepa aspires to open a make-up salon with her computer knowledge

Deepa is 25 years old married woman and lives in Puducherry. She dropped out of school after 8th standard. She had only seen a computer when she was in school and except few basic softwares, she had no knowledge of how to operate it. She had always wished to learn computers so that she could…

When there is will, there is a way: Chithra’s becomes computer literate despite weak eyesight

28 year old Chithra belongs to Pudducherry. Extremely weak eyesight caused due to genetic defect made her drop out of school after 9th standard. She couldn’t even do any household chores and most of her time would go sitting idle. She started making Gajras at home to pass her time and earn some money too.…

Nusrath’s dedication inspires other women in her community

Nusrath Bano belongs to Nagavara, an area situated in Bengaluru city of Karnataka. Due to the passing of her father, Nusrath had to start working at a very young age in order to provide financial support to her family. Nusrath was only 11 when she started working at a saree mill. Another job was wrapping…