Amina is a 41- year- old married woman. She resides in the Dhamua, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. She has a family of 5 members. She is a farmer and has a monthly family income roughly around INR 12,000. She has a formed and is leading a group of 75 members who, just like Amina, work hard to support their families and save for their secured futures. She realises that an increase in her and her friend’s monthly family incomes and their ability to save from it will ensure greater levels of economic independence. It will give them an alternate means of generating wealth and becoming financially stable in the society. This will generate benefits not only for her, as an individual woman, but also her family and community as a whole through collective action for development. Since she and other women in the group run the household, a higher standard of living will ensure better governance along with a healthier and more prosperous future for the families and children. She has applied for a loan of INR 25,00,000 from DCBS , one of Milaap’s field partners, for the purchase of fertilizer, seeds, etc in order to expand their business. Amina and the other women are grateful for your support.