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CSR COMPENDIUM 61 Creating Value, Transforming Lives 61
SHGs – Transforming India, One Village at a Time SHGs – Transforming India, One Village at a Time
Ganesha, a financially weak lady symbolizes Ganesha, a financially weak lady, symbolizes
hundreds of families that were unable to make hundreds of families that were unable to make
ends meet till she availed the inter-loaning facility ends meet till she availed the inter-loaning facility
from her SHG. She started a goat farming from her SHG. She started a goat farming
business with two goats purchased at INR business with two goats purchased at
8,000. In rural Rajasthan a goat is considered an INR 8,000. In rural Rajasthan a goat is
ATM with the potential to provide sustained considered an ATM with potential to provide
financial support to its owner. sustained financial support to its owner.
The return of INR 32,000 from the very first sale The return of INR 32,000 from the very first sale
gave Ganesha the confidence to build her gave Ganesha the confidence to build her
business further and is today a role model for business further. Today she has become a role
many other women to supplement their family model, inspiring many other women to
incomes. Ganesha says her accomplishment supplement their family incomes. Ganesha says
gives her a sense of dignity and a feeling of her accomplishment gives her a sense of dignity
happiness. and a feeling of happiness.
CFCL hopes to be able to build on this initiative to CFCL hopes to be able to build on this initiative to
empower women of our villages and through empower women of our villages and through
them transform their villages. As each village them transform their villages. As each village
transforms in a sustainable manner, India’s transforms in a sustainable manner, India’s
transformation journey will continue and we feel transformation journey will continue and we feel
humbled at being able to contribute to this humbled at being able to contribute to this
journey. journey.
