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The women of Akbarpura
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The group of women from the Mevat District in Haryana have driven all the way to Akbarpur to learn how to form a self help group of their own from the women at Akbarpura. For the next hour or so they had a long discussion on the mechanics of microfinancing, on how money should be saved, how loans should be dispensed, how to deal with defaulters etc. I felt I might has well have been in an office conference room in Bombay listining to suit clad MBAs rather than in village in rural rajastan in the company of very smart women in their colourful salwars.
The women of the village of Akbarpur in Alwar District Rajasthan are part of novel scheme – the women in the picture have formed a self help microfinancing group so that they can have a greater say in the welfare of there community. They meet every fortnight and collect money from each of their members on which they give out small loans – for a new buffallo or a water-punp or for some medical help. In the 2 years the 30 or women of this tiny village on the Alwar – Jaipur highway has a corpus of over 200,000 ruppees.
Support memorial for disabled vets
As we prepare to pay tribute this Veterans Day to the courageous men and women who have selflessly served our country, the image of American soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is in our minds. But we also must recognize that many thousands have returned from these wars with severe injuries and permanent disabilities.
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