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Empowering Rural Community Since 2003

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2,000
Women getting benefitted
4
Blocks
35
Villages
34
Capacity building trainings

01. Why the Project is?

• Project area is culturally enriched but backward with limited decision-making roles for girls and women.
• Women occupy the lowest position in the family hierarchy due to a lack of income, making them vulnerable.
• Covid-19 and Climate Change worsened the problem, leaving people jobless with few livelihood opportunities.
• MUKTI supports through Chick Rearing Program to empower women.
• Program identifies potential leaders as entrepreneurs for sustainable livelihoods.

02. What the project is?

• Project promotes economic empowerment of Covid-19 affected families in Purba and Paschim Medinipur districts, West Bengal, India.
• Provides support for chick rearing as an alternate livelihood source for impoverished women.
• Aims to make participants self-reliant.
• Offers capacity-building training on enterprise management, business dynamics, and rural markets.
• Dedicated team of project managers and field supervisors working for project success.

03. How the Project is?

• Project benefits 2000 women annually.
• Creates Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and provides 30 chicks per year.
• Chicks distributed quarterly with 10 per beneficiary.
• Capacity-building training on chick-rearing provided.
• Skill development training offered to enhance income.
• Dedicated team of project managers and field supervisors ensures project success.

04. Where the project is?

Egra, Dantan-I, Dantan-II, Keshiary, Narayangarh Block, East & West Medinipur District.

05. What the impact is?

• Distributed 17,000 chicks to 1700 SHG women.
• Formed 170 self-help groups.
• Conducted 25 Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) sessions.
• Conducted 34 Capacity Building Training Workshops.


Impact Stories


Activity Stream

01.

From Chicks to Empowerment: Mukti and Srijan’s Collaborative Endeavor

02.

Role models inspire women entrepreneurs in chick-rearing: Mukti organizes field trip

03.

Wings of Success: Empowering Women through Poultry Farming in Purba Medinipur

04.

Mukti Forms 150 SHGs in Purba and Paschim Medinipur Districts

05.

Mukti Encourages Backyard Farming Through Chick Distribution

06.

Chick Rearing Training Program Supported by “Coal India”

07.

Mukti Conducts PRA Planning Session for Chick Rearing Program

08.

Woman Entrepreneurship Development through Chicken Rearing Training Program


Alliances that Drive Success

Partners


Contact Info:

Email : livelihood@muktiweb.org

Phone : + 91-6290589664

Address

22 Canal Side Road, Barhans, Garia, Kolkata – 700 084

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