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Funded
$ 472.14
Still Requires
$ 1,636.29
Kalpana Das And Group
from Basirhat, West Bengal
Purpose : To expand fast-food business by increasing sale of chowmein, egg-roll etc
Kalpana, a 56-year-old woman from a small village in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, lives with her husband and daughter. For the past few years, she has been helping her husband run a roadside fast food stall. They prepare popular Indian snacks like chowmein (a noodle-based dish), momos (steamed dumplings filled with meat or vegetables), pakoras, and cutlets. While the business provides a modest income, it is barely enough to cover both household expenses and business investments. Kalpana dreams of expanding their s... Read more
