Inherent
talent in women with economic empowerment can transform
families, consequently the society. It has been established
that investing in women offers the most effective means
to improve health, nutrition, hygiene and educational
standards of families and consequently of the whole
of society.
SHGs of women are formed to enable women below poverty
line to have an access to micro finance so that they
can lift themselves out of poverty with dignity. This
way it is possible to bring the disadvantaged women
within the fold of an organizational format. With tiny
loans, financial services and technology, the poor women
can start self-sustaining businesses to escape poverty.
Thus through SHGs one can reverse the age-old vicious
circle of "low income, low saving & low investment”
into virtuous circle of "low income, injection of credit,
investment, more income, more savings, more investment,
and more income”.
Bridge Trust has so far motivated more than 4000 poor
women from Thane District to form around 370 SHGs.
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