What ARE SHGs?

SHG is a group formed by the community women, which has specific number of members like 15 or 20. In such a group the poorest women would come together for emergency, disaster, social reasons, economic support to each other have ease of conversation, social interaction and economic

interactions.

OBJECTIVES

Of Sonia Gandhi

·         To sensitize women of target area for the need of SHG and its relevance in their empowerment process.

·         To create group feeling among women.

·         To enhance the confidence and capabilities of women.

·         To develop collective decision making among women.

·         To encourage habit of saving among women and facilitate the accumulation of their own capital resource base.

·         To motivate women taking up social responsibilities particularly related to women development.

Sonia Gandhi provided funds of Rs.500 crore for SHGs.

Success stories: Apart from addressing the public meeting, Sonia Gandhi spent more time to listening to the success stories of women from different part of the country. She felicitated five of them with a reward of Rs. 25,000 each.

Each success story highlighted determination of women to come out of poverty and ultimate victory. Khajuri Devi from Tonk district of Rajasthan joined a SHG, gained training, and now trains about 3,000 women.

Decision of poor women to join SHG transformed their lives.  They now not only grow their own seeds, but have also more than doubled the agricultural productivity.

by: simran uppal