Mahalir Shakthi   –   Women empowerment

Mahalir Shakthi   –   Women empowerment

 Micro-credit for Women: EMPOWER has promoted S.H.G. among the slum and rural population with the focus on savings micro credit and income generation. All the 100 SHG    initiated by EMPOWER from 2000 are linked to nationalized banks. Currently, the organization looking for partners to provide skill training to the youth members for a sustainable income such as seaweed cultivation for the Tsunami affected coastal community.

      Major Accomplishment:

      Redemption from debt among the 80% of the SHG.

      Skill development.

      Socio-economic activity on a sustained basis.

Short Stay Home for Women in Distress: The organization has been running the Short Stay Home for Women in distress with support of Central Social Welfare Board from the year 2003. The services provided are food, accommodation, psycho- social support, life skills, legal aid, vocational training, and rehabilitation towards mainstreaming into the society. 

Major Accomplishment:

300 women with problems of marital discord and about their 130 children                   have been rehabilitated in the last 4 years.   –

Sustained vocational training on tailoring and embroidery and initiation of training on artificial non-gold jewelry making.