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Story of change
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Housewife to enterpreneur |
Triveni, a
housewife, struggled to provide two meals a day for her family of four
with the meagre earnings of her husband, an auto driver. She joined the
Triveni Sindhu Self-Help Group, formed by CMSSS in Chikmagalur and
started saving small amounts. Of the 20 women in her group, 8 were
engaged in making raw agarbathis. They had to walk 8 kms everyday to
the agarbathi factory and get raw materials.
Triveni saw an opportunity to start a small enterprise. She took a loan
of Rs 10,000 from her self-help group, hired a place and started
supplying raw materials from the factory. In 2006, she took an
additional loan of Rs 45,000 and started AMS Agarbathi works. Today,
300 women are working in the unit, which gives a daily output of 60 kg
of agarbathis. Two autorikshaws were purchased which helped to reduce
rental costs. The women are now planning to take up additional work
such as scenting.
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