Category

Women Entrepreneurship

Geography

Districts of Gondia and Chandrapur in Maharashtra

Objectives 

• Livelihood Opportunities: Equip 650 women with skills and opportunities to become Grameen Mittras, promoting financial inclusion and economic empowerment.
• Business Linkages: Provide products, technology platforms, infrastructure, and technical support to Grameen Mittras for effective service delivery.
• Community Support: Improve financial education and access to services for over 150,000 community members, enhancing resilience.
• Gender Norms: Address and shift gender norms through targeted dialogues, empowering women in decision-making at home and in their businesses.

Achievements

• Onboarded the complete 650 Women Entrepreneurs(Grameen Mitras), and trained them on financial literacy, the usage of app for conducting the financial and non- financial transactions.
• The project has been able to build rapport and connection with local stakeholders and community influencers e.g. Asha worker/ Anganwadi Sevika/ CRP /Gram Panchayat members/MSRLM cadres, etc
• 89,000 customers supported so far in the project

• Increased the product bouquet by the introduction of offline products of Sanitary Pad, Phenyl, detergent powder and liquid
• The average income our Grameen Mittras has come to a level of 750 Rs with over 400 GMs transacting every month