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Women SHGs form a federation at Akkaraipettai
K. Subramanian
Productive: Members of SHGs making garments at the unit started by PDA in Nagapattinam district.
NAGAPATTINAM: The Madurai-based People’s Development Association (PDA), a non-governmental organisation that is carrying out relief and rehabilitation activities in the tsunami-hit Nagapattinam district, is also working for the economic uplift of the women in the affected areas. The PDA has formed 132 women’s groups in 16 villages so far in three categories – Fisher women’s group, agricultural women’s group and landless women’s group.
The women’s groups are now engaged in viable income-generating economic activities including making of thatches, readymade garments, vermin-compost manure preparation, cashew processing, fish auctioning, cattle rearing, maintenance of coconut groves, pickle making, mobile phone servicing, etc.
Joe Velu, Director of PDA, told The Hindu on Friday that fisher women groups were mainly formed to increase their social and economic status in the community and to improve their involvement in the community development.
He said that the PDA was not only helping to form women self help groups (SHGs) but also guiding the SHG members to form a federation. Based on this concept, ‘Sadhanai Paravaigal’, a federation was formed by 29 women’s groups with 553 members at Akkaraipettai. The federation has planned to start a departmental store in Akkaraipettai with a bank loan. Several women groups had started making garments for women and children and market them at reasonable price.
He said that all the 132 women SHGs started by the PDA were given special training in book keeping and maintenance of all records including bank accounts.
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