Category Archives: Stories of Change

Fareeda wants to take ‘Ammi’s Homemade Products’ online

47 year old Fareeda Isaac is a social entrepreneur from Puducherry. As a dynamic social worker, Fareeda began her journey in 2005 when she created a Self Help Group in Orleanpet region of Puducherry, followed by 2 new Self Help Groups. Once every month she would organise a meeting with each Self Help Group within…

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.…