Project Aarohan

Project Title

A Step Towards Social and Economic Empowerment of Rural Women in Roorkee

Objectives

• Socio-economic empowerment of rural women including their participation in decision making and financial management at household level
• Federating self help groups into village organisations so as to address their developmental needs with a collective approach

Activities

• Formation of SHGs and Vos
• Providing revolving fund to members of SHGs to start income generation activities
• Capacity building of SHG and VO office-bearers
• Convergence with government welfare schemes
• Exposure visits for SHG members
• Linking SHGs with banks for credit facilitation

Expected Outcome

• Strengthening of existing 468 SHGs
• Formation of 20 new SHGs
• Formation of four VOs
• Supporting SHG members to set up 200 IGAs (100 new and 100 expansion of existing ones)
• Cash Credit Limit (CCL) sanctioning to 20 SHGs

Target Groups

Women

Coverage

50 villages Narsan, Roorkee, and Bhagwanpur development blocks of Haridwar district.

Funder

Youthreach