What this looks like
Across our project areas, fewer than 1 in 5 women have an income of their own. Even fewer have a bank account they control. Our women's programme tackles this in three steady ways: skill, savings, and a circle of women who refuse to let each other slip back.
What we do
- Livelihood collectives in tailoring, food processing, beauty services, and digital work — with shared equipment and shared profits.
- Financial literacy + savings groups where women save together, lend within the group, and slowly graduate to formal banking.
- Adolescent girls' clubs focused on education continuity, menstrual health, and confidence to delay marriage and pregnancy.
- Survivor support for women facing domestic or workplace violence — counselling, legal navigation, and safe shelter referrals.
- Leadership pipelines so women from the community move into panchayat, school management, and our own staff roles.
What changes when she earns ₹3,000 a month
In our follow-up surveys, women earning a steady ₹3,000+ each month are 3.4× more likely to keep their daughters in school past Class 10 and 2.1× more likely to seek timely health care for themselves. Money, in their hands, is not just income — it is leverage.
How you can help
₹6,000 funds the full set-up cost for a woman to join a tailoring or food-processing collective. Skilled mentors in finance, design, marketing, and law can volunteer time to co-operatives.