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Banking on Change
A project for reaching the unreached, serving the unserved and banking the unbanked, predominantly focused on poor women. Blog Image: read more
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Making Regular Income a Reality
Living as a member of the SC community in Nagapattinam is no platter of nuts! R. Banumathi from Kuthuvakkarai village shares her inspirational story with us.Blog Image: read more
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Frying fishes to cracking nuts for breaking barriers
In the coastal areas of the South, the traditional Panchayat system controls the social decisions of local communities. However, the system excludes the involvement of women, depriving them of the...
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I don’t feel cursed anymore
“I owe all thanks and joy to this wonderful LIFE project that has opened my eyes to healthy living. I am able to provide balanced nutritious food for my children from my own garden and I will never...
View ArticleHow financial literacy can help build the market for micro-insurance
New research shows that micro-insurance distribution strategies that prioritize building clients’ financial literacy lead to almost three times as many new enrolments as those that do not.read more
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Climate smart agriculture for tribals’ resilience
The story of Jeyamma from the hinterlands of NilgrisCover Image: Jayamma happily picking the tea leaves to market to the local traders in NilgrisBlog Image: read more
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Building Resilience to overcome vulnerabilities
Cover image: Yogarani in her extended house converting part of her house into a small shop which is now her livelihoodBlog Image: read more
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Moving from Access to Empowerment
Quite recently my field trip to a women’s financial collective in Cuddalore District in Tamil Nadu revealed how micro finance holds promise to empower the community, in addition to being enablers of...
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Maheswari’s tryst with destiny
When I met Maheswari in her small hut located in the remote part of Nagapattinam District in Tamilnadu, I could not imagine the path she had travelled to get there. There she stood in front of me as a...
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