Self-Help Group Promotion and Linkage
Target area
District of Dima Hasao, Hojai, Nagaon, Barak valley, and Karbi-Anglong.
Target group
Poor people in need of small money, victims of money lenders, and people who have no power to augment their income.
Aims & Objectives
Empower the poor people to mobilize the resources of the individual members for their collective economic development: to uplift the living conditions of the poor; to create awareness about rights and to build up teamwork.
The goal of the project
Create fundamental respect for the social and spiritual dignity of all human beings. A full and abundant life for all; socially, economically, culturally, politically, and physically.
Supporting Agency
National Agriculture Bank of Rural Development, Assam (NABARD), All Nationalised and Commercial Banks.
Activities
Members of poor communities belonging to the same village or locality within age groups 18-45 are identified, and the facilitator exposes them to the concept of Self Help and microcredit. In this process, the community leaders and village elders are invited to explain the concept and benefit of forming SHGs in the village. This gives acceptance to the work and gets support for the effort. Training and meeting are the stages of the formation of the group.
Beneficiaries
Poor people of all the districts.
Outcome
A grass root population empowered through information, awareness education, capacity, and skill means the development of the people in order to manage resources for the people ensuring their participation in nation-building.
