Thursday, September 22, 2011

Entrepreneurship School by SSP

You read about my romp in Katgaon earlier. Let us now talk about why was I walking amidst the bhindi plants.

So I was in the field to capture a woman talking about organic farming, which in turn, was a part of the field visit to record the progress of E-school program. The Entreprenuership School is run by Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP). This project is being supported by a corporate donor via Samhita. The visit was part of the reporting services provided by Samhita.

SSP has been working with rural women since many years. During their interactions, they saw that though women were able to get loans through micro-finance and cooperative societies etc., they are unable to run a business profitably because of lack of relevant information.