EMPOWERING - WOMEN

Name : Rakhama Raju Bangar
Village : Valak
Project : Comprehensive Rural Development
Intervention supported : Dairy

Ms.Rakhama Bangar, from Valak, beneficiary of Dairy project who is Chairperson of Savitribai Phule Gat. DISHA supported her under its DAIRY project to purchase buffalo. She took loan of Rs. 35,000 from DISHA and added Rs. 10000 from own pocket and purchased buffalo at Rs.45000. At present she is selling 13 lit milk daily through which earning avg. Rs. 200 daily, thus getting approx benefit of Rs. 5250 per month. She is about to complete her loan repayment soon.
In addition to her traditional farming business, she has started earning sufficiently by selling milk. She has expressed her gratitude towards DISHA as her income has risen due to supported intervention.

Name : Sunanda Thorave , Lalita Durge , Anuradha Yewale ,Sunita Thorave
Village : Vadiwale
Project : Comprehensive Empowerment of Women
Intervention supported : Entrepreneurship development (Vocational Training)

The women underwent Vocational training organized by DISHA and decided to do production of spices and chocolates. They purchased raw material (of Rs.2830) from Pimpri and recently started production at village itself. Initially, the village children are their first consumers and later they have sent their products to nearby villages.
They are receiving good response .Till now, they have received almost 30% profit. Slowly they will expand their business. As the chocolate production helped them to earn additional income they have expressed thanks to DISHA.

Name : Pushpa Dilip Thorave
Village : Vadiwale
Project : Comprehensive Rural Development
Subject : Latrine construction.

She is member of SHG from Village Vadiwale. DISHA initiated a Comprehensive Rural Development project in 2014. Under this project, an important intervention introduced was latrine construction.
Initially there was lot of resistance from villagers. But, Ms.Pushpa Thorave took initiative to build latrine for her home. She took loan of Rs. 15000 from DISHA and to that added own amt of Rs. 3000. In Jan 2015, the latrine construction was over.
This has benefited her and her family. Now, she is encouraging other villagers to construct latrines to avoid open defecation.

Name : Renuka Chandrakant Kumbhar.
Village : Talegaon
Project : Microfinance

Renuka Kumbhar, initially member of "Ahilya bai Bahat Gat" in 2009, later formed her new group in 2013. Her family business is Ganapati idol making. Besides this, she is also engaged in tailoring .
To strengthen her traditional Ganapati making business, she took loan from DISHA. (first loan Rs. 30000, second loan of Rs. 40000) Her earnings in the year Rs. approx 80000. She expressed her gratitude towards DISHA for supporting her business.

Name : Sunita Ankush Rathod
Village : Vadgaon
Intervention supported : Microfinance

Ms Sunita Ankush Rathod, a member of "Shri. Ambe Group". Initially she was engaged in tailoring business but in 2012 she took loan from DISHA for purchasing parlor accessories.
She was running both businesses from home. After observing good response from women she has again decided to take loan from DISHA to take a shop on rent. Till now she has taken 3 loans from DISHA and repaid them which has helped to expand her business
Now she is empowered enough to involve other ladies in her business. She has also formed 3 other groups and linked them to Patsanstha. In this way she is progressively working and empowering herself.

Name : Smt. Sindhutai Shivram Dhokale
Village : Babhulwade , Taluka. Parner , Dist. Ahmednagar
Project : COW PROJECT
Intervention supported : Comprehensive Rural Development
Subject : Success story

Sindhutai purchased cow HF from Loni pravara market through Rotary and DISHA cow project in January 2021. Initially milk yield was 17 ltr/ per day. Income earned by selling milk was utilized for digging bore well and laying pipelines in the farms. This has helped to improve yield from the farms. Slowly, Sindhutai’s financial condition improved and she could save money to buy additional cows. Thus, milk business has become allied business with farming.

Name : Sakshi Thorve
Village : Vadivale
Project : Comprehensive Empowerment of Women and Girl
Intervention supported : Integrated Project
Subject : Success story

Sakshi Thorve is from Vadivale village and she is currently pursuing her 12 th standard ( Commerce) in college . Sakshi completed the course of beauty parlor in Vadiwale village organized by DISHA. Along with this course she also completed her Mehndi class. Sakshi takes orders of beauty treatment for weddings in the village. In addition, she takes orders for various festivals, ceremonies and events of nearby villages. While studying in college, she also works for parlor and she earns rupees ten to twelve thousand a month.

Name : Mrs.Urmila Yewale-Durga Mahila Bachat Gat
Village : Dahivali, Kamshet , Taluka. Maval
Project : Disha Mahila Bachat Gat Cooperative Credit Society (Patsanstha)
Intervention supported : Empowerment of Women Through Micro Finance
Subject : Success Story

Mrs.Urmila Yewale is associated with Disha patsantha since inception. Initially she took a loan of Rs.10,000/- for starting a small outlet of making ‘Chikki’. She increased her business by selling the small eats. This boosted her confidence and by taking bigger loan she started a grocery shop. At present the shop is being operated successfully and earning income of Rs. 6 to 7 thousand per month. Also, she is working as “Anganwadi Sevika”.Recently, at the age of 52, she has passed her SSC examination.

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