Name of the Program: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL WOMEN THROUGH PICKLE MAKING

Supported by : Presbyterian Church, United States of America

Area: 

• Place   : Chitvel

• Mandal : Chitvel

• District : Kadapa

• State  : Andhra Pradesh

Duration: 5-4-2003 to 31-3-2004

Implementation:

Our GHEC received  grant-in-aid from Presbyterian Women, Presbyterian Church, United States of America; We have implemented “Sustainable Development of Rural Poor Women through Pickles Making Programme” for the benefit of 30 rural poor women.  Under this programme 30 women given training for a period of 30 days in the skill of Pickles Making.  After training these 30 women divided into 3 Self Help Groups.  Our organisation supplied raw materials, tools and equipments to these 3 Women Groups.  These women groups collectively involved in making pickles and selling the pickles and shared the net profits equally.  Thus these 30 poor women become self sufficient.