Women Empowerment Project

The project aimed at economic emancipation of the poor and marginalized women and their improved status by inculcating appropriate entrepreneurial skills, credit management towards dealing with prevailing gender issues.

It was also meant to strengthen women’s role in the family and in local governance by sensitizing them and their counterparts. Under this project, DO KADAM HAMARE SAATH took up formation of SHGs and Training of Women in traditional skills. Under this about 10 SHG’s were formed in the target areas and training was given to the women in batches. The various trainings conducted for SHG women are leadership training, savings promotion, lending and credit management and cluster promotion. 

These trainings are given to increase the leadership quality. Some of the variable IGP Trainings given to SHG women are chappal making and Vermi - Compost production and Bouquet making. The field staffs of DO KADAM HAMARE SAATH go for regular field visits to verify the SHG records and to motivate them for active participation in further Income Generation Programmes.