Anternesh
village is a remote desert village. The residents of this
village have never come out of their village and have never
been to Ahmedabad. Through Jeevika programme, a trip to garden
of Gandhinagar and Akshardham was organised for the children
of the child care center of Anternesh village. Immense happiness
was seen on the faces of the small kids. It was a wonderful
experience for them and they felt as if they had come to some
different planet.
Each
child enjoyed a lot. After reaching the village, each one
was so excited and narrated their experience to all the villagers.
Other poor households got motivated to send their children
to the child care center.
This
has proved to be a very good example for others.
Savings
– our vision
Savings
means a capital that helps poor women like us to provide support
during the times of difficulty.
Jadiben,
who is Agewan of savings group and member of executive committee,
resident of Bandhvad village of Radhanpur block of Patan district.
In her words “Earlier we did not know what is meant
by savings, but then SEWA people came to our village and explained
to all of us that savings is our own capital. All other property
is in the name of our husband, but this is the only property
that is in our name. If I give my example, earlier I was not
saving at all. That time, I needed Rs. 10000 to educate my
son. Having left with no option, I borrowed money from the
money lender and repaying and bearing the interest was a hard
task for me.
After
understanding the importance of saving, we learnt to save
in groups. Thereafter we also started revolving funds. Currently,
in my group, we have internally lent Rs. 50000. From our savings
groups, we also give loan to the groups of our neighbouring
villages.
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