Purpose : To expand their business of selling vegetables
Arulprabha is a 43-year-old married woman residing in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She has a household of size 3 members. She manages to accumulate a monthly household income of INR 12000. She realized that an increase in her and her friends' income levels and control over income will ensure economic empowerment. It will give them an independent means of generating wealth and becoming self-reliant in society. This will generate benefits not only for her as an individual woman but also for her family and community as a whole through collect... Read more
Purpose : To expand their business of selling vegetables
Kumutha is a 51-year-old married woman residing in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She has a household of size 3 members. She manages to accumulate a monthly household income of INR 9,500. Kumutha has formed and is leading a group of ten members in applying for a loan of INR 4,33,250 with Blaze Trust to expand their business by utilizing the loan to expand their vegetable businesses. It will give the group an independent means of generating wealth and becoming self-reliant in society. This will generate benefits not only for Kumutha as an ind... Read more
Purpose : To expand their business of selling vegetables
Rajeswari is a 44-year-old married woman residing in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She has a household of size 3 members. She manages to accumulate a monthly household income of INR 12,000. Rajeswari has formed and is leading a group of ten members in applying for a loan of INR 715,550 with one of Milaap's field partners Blaze Trust to grow and expand their vegetable businesses. These loans will give them an independent means of generating wealth and becoming self-reliant in society. This will generate benefits not only for her as an indivi... Read more
Purpose : to purchase grocery items like oil, salt, spices etc and expand her grocery store business
Hira Roy, is a 29-year-old married woman residing in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal. She is engaged in the grocery business. She sells flour, rice, oil, spices, sugar, salt, biscuit, etc in her grocery store. She has a household of 3 members and a monthly income of INR 9,000. She wants to expand her grocery business by purchasing more goods like flour, rice, oil, spices, sugar, salt, etc at her grocery store. Hira Roy leads a group of sixteen women. She has applied for a group loan of INR 700,000 from WeGrow, one of Milaap's fi... Read more
Purpose : To purchase raw material in bulk to grow her grocery business
Mamuni Roy is a 36-year-old married woman residing in Cooch Behar, West Bengal. She has a household of 4 members. She manages to accumulate a monthly household income of INR 10,500. Mamuni has formed and is leading a group of 19 members on this loan of INR 800,000 from WeGrow to expand her grocery business by purchasing material for her business in bulk. This loan would elevate the economic livelihood of Mamuni and her friends and in turn will help alleviate the lives of their families and children. It will give them an independen... Read more
Purpose : To purchase wood and other essential materials for expanding her furniture manufacturing business
Mina is a 25-year-old married who hails from Alipurduar in West Bengal. She is blessed with two children one son and one daughter. Mina's husband is associated with a business of furniture making. He prepares wooden furniture like chairs, tables, cabinets, racks etc. according to the demand of his customers. His main customers are his neighbors. He buys wood from the wholesale market for manufacturing furniture. This business is the main source to create income for maintaining the family's expenses. Now he wants to extend his busi... Read more
Purpose : To expand their tea leaves microenterprise
Juhara Bibi is a 51-year-old woman from rural India who lives in Mekhliganj, Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. She is raising her three school-going children. Juhara’s husband makes a living by selling tea leaves in the neighborhood. He purchases branded, good quality tea leaves wholesale and sells them in shops in his neighborhood at a profitable price. She supports her husband in the venture as this is the sole source of income for the family. There is a high demand for their product throughout the year and to keep up with custom... Read more
Purpose : To grow mustard seeds to expand agribusiness
Fulti Karjee is a 38-year-old married and mother of two from Alipurduar, West Bengal. She is a housewife while her husband is a farmer, who has been cultivating seasonal crops for the past 7 years. Fulti would like to grow their agribusiness and produce mustard seeds, which are in demand in the markets as they are popular in Indian cuisine. Additionally, the climate is conducive to a fruitful harvest. She requests for a group loan of Rs.810,000 to purchase good quality seeds, fertilizers, manuand, pesticides and to accommodate oth... Read more
Purpose : To expand their animal husbandary business.
Manishaben (group leader, first right in the picture), formed and is leading a group of 40 women, all hail from Surendranagar, Gujarat. They help support their families by running an animal husbandry. The women in the group are very hard-working and have managed to carve a niche for themselves in their locality due to their microenterprise. The group’s average monthly income is around Rs. 16000. With growing children and a rising cost of living, they want to do their best to secure their future. With this in mind, the group has dec... Read more
Purpose : To expand his bakery business
Moorthy is a 46- year old married man residing in the Nilgiris in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has a household of 4 members. He manages to accumulate a monthly household income of INR 45,000. Moorthy has formed and is leading a group of 13 members on this loan of INR 2,000,000 with Velicham Finance Private Limited to expand his bakery business which will in turn help him continue funding both his daughters' educations and help them achieve their respective life goals. These people are extremely hardworking and conscious and driven ... Read more