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BISWA SHG TARADEVI : A Success Story |
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 00:00 |
 BISWA Taradevi is a Self Help Group based in the village Jahangirpatna in Balipatna Block of Khurdha district in Odisha. It is located in a very interior place. The members of this group are very poor and mostly illiterate. This is a unique group in the sense that most of the members are from working class, i.e. they earn their livelihood from daily labour. Still they have the zeal to work together and raise their quality of life in spite of facing all odds. They conduct weekly meeting regularly. After being associated with BISWA; the group members were motivated to be trained on the world-famous appliqué work of Pipili. The group availed loan of Rs. 94,584/- on 19.10.08 from BISWA under Micro Finance for business purpose. Since then they are paying back the loan on monthly instalments. Now they have opened a sales outlet of their own at Banamalipur market. One can easily observe how they have matured and improved their products in terms of both quantity & quality, as they are doing their work very efficiently. They use to supply their products to New Delhi, Bhopal, Mumbai, Goa and some foreign countries like Iraq and others. Officials from Canara Bank, ICICI Bank had visited the SHG and had praised their work. The group members engaged themselves not only in business but also in social activities. The group took steps to help the poor and uneducated children. The children were taught about how to keep the environment clean & educate themselves with earning their livelihood. In order to maintain the coordination among the group members; SHG meetings are held regularly and matters pertaining to health, peace and communal harmony are discussed elaborately. They also use to discuss on how to utilise their free time to earn extra money for their families. By this time, the SHG has become a developed and unique one in that area. All members are financially self-sufficient and socially conscious. The group is now an illustrated example like a bright star for other Self Help Groups, as it has become a source of inspiration for others.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 06:39 |
Orissa based national NGO, BISWA received Best NGO Award for the year 2009 from Chief Minister of Orissa on 7th a August 2009 in a State Level Event organized by Times of India Group and Telfla- an Event Managing Agency, Mumbai. BISWA adjudged as the best NGO by 9 members Jury headed by Shri Sudhanshu Bhusan Mishra, former Chief Secretary Orissa.
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