Muthipetchi, panchayat member
A few years ago the women would never leave my village. Any work outside the village would be done by the men. That is changing now. SRED (a VST partner) came to my village and gave the women all sorts of training on gender and other issues. They told us that we could go anywhere and do anything we wanted. Since then I’ve gained a lot of confidence. I am president of my self-help group and I was asked to...
Velmani's story
"My name is Velmani. I live with my husband Nataraj and 3 children in Mekkilarpatty, a small village near Arogya Agam (one of VST's partners). My husband used to work in a textile mill and we struggled to live off the 800 rupees (£12) a month he earned. We only cooked a meal once in two days, didn't have decent clothes, and when we couldn't afford to repair our hut our family ended up having to stay with my...
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