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SWA SHAKTI PROJECT
   

Objective:

Strengthening process that will promote the social and economic development of women and thereby create an environment for social change to improve their quality of life.

 

Vision:

Form strong self help grops (SHGs) of women living in poverty, inform, train and equip them so that they can access and control over resources and improve thier own lives and that of their families and communities.

 
Name of the project

SWA SHAKTI

Selected Districts (15) Aligarh, Allahabad, Etah, Etawah(Auriya), Fatehpur, Mainpuri, Pratapgarh, Raebareli, Sultanpur, Harodi, Kanpur- dehat, Jaunpur, Unnao.
Project Period 1 Oct. 1998 to March 2004.
Physical Target 4,000 self help groups.
Porject Cost Rs. 62 Crore
Funding Agencies World Bank and IFAD
 
Major Output
 
 

Capacity Building

  • Mutual support enabling women to manage their own affairs.

  • Increased self-reliance and self-confidence to address constraints faced by women;

  • Framework  for cost-effective delievery of financial and technical services;

  • Increased ability of women to mobilize public and private sector services for their benefit; and

  • Improvement in the social status of women in the family and community.

Strengthen the Agencies

  • Improved orientation and attitude of support agencies, enabling them to be more aware of women's priorities and more proactive and effective in addressing women's specific needs; and

  • Improvement in level of services by women from from banks and line deparments.

Mobilisation of investments funds

  • Inculcation of savings habit and developents of credit management skills:

  • Building apool of creaditworthy clints:

  • Increased long term access of women to credit through itergration into mainstream delivery mechansms for credit: an

  • Red8uction in risks and transcition costs of vbank as result of high repayment rates of women's groups leadig to greater willingness of the part of banks to lend to poor women.

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