On the occasion of the Farmers' Day in Maharashtra, we embarked on a very interesting journey with dual objectives - a. supporting our farmer-students with a source of livelihood and b. increasing...

Rupesh Wadhu is the 1st recipient of a small grant made by NeevJivan Foundation to help him start a “Low-Cost Poultry Farm”. His first crop of chicken are now ready for sale….We wish him the very b...

Rahul lives in a tiny hamlet Shakharshet in Jawhar. The 22 year lad had never travelled out of Jawhar in his life… When we announced the Entrepreneurship program in association with the Integrated...

Ashok dreams of starting a garment manufacturing company someday and his journey has already begun……. Working as a “Karigar” at a tailoring shop in his village - Talavali, Ashok took his first step...

We met Harshada during one of the mobilization drives in a small village Pawarpada in the Mokhada taluka….She clearly stood out from the rest of the candidates. She said that she wanted to prove to...

Jana Bai Pawar is a trained beautician and had always dreamt of starting a beauty parlor of her own so that she could support her family in her own way… with support from ITDP, Jawhar (in terms of...

Mai Chander Rawte is a Black Belt in Karate and a state level Karate Champion (silver medalist)... She successfully runs her training institute in Jawhar where she where teaches Karate to young gir...

Sandeep Chaudhary runs a grocery store in Junglepada village in Jawhar. While he was already running a small store in his village when he underwent our training program on Ent...

The hard work put in by us over the last 12 months has begun to show results…. The tribal women belonging to Tejaswini Mahila Utpadak Gath in Ganjad village have started their small-scale venture,...

Sai Krupa Swayamsahayta Mahila Samuh is a Self Help Group comprising of tribal women from the Ganjad village in Dahanu taluka in Maharashtra. They have been working diligently for the last 10 month...

Pragati Mahila Utpadak Gath, Dhabon is a Self Help Group based in Dhabon Village in the Dahanu taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra. They are a group of women from the Katkari Comminity which...

This is a story of grit and determination about a group of unemployed youth from a remote village in Jawhar taluka in the Palghar district of Maharashtra. Our journey with them started over a year...

This is another big project - brick making unit in Raytale village in Jawhar taluka in the Palghar district of Maharashtra. This was started by a group of Primitive and Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVT...

We inaugurated a goat farm in the remote village of Murbad in the Dahanu taluka in the Palghar district in November. This farm comprising of 10 goats of the “Kokan Kanya” breed will be operational...

The Ravina Mahila Bachat Gath based in Vill. Modgaon started their Patrawali making unit. They have started making paper plates and bowls and very soon they will make the same products using locall...

Niyati Mahila Bachat Gath, vill. Kasa inaugurated their Masala making center on the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti. They have been trained on  skills related to masala making by officials fr...

Laxmi Mahila Bachat Gath, Vill. Kasa has started a bee farm and a honey cultivation unit in their village. With 8 bee boxes, they received the first colony of bees from officials at KVK, Dahanu who...

The Agarbathi Making unit will be run by Jyot Mahila Bachat Gath who are based in the Shiroshi village in the Jawhar taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra.

 The best part about this...

A patrawali making unit was inaugurated at the Shiroshi village in the Jawhar taluka recently. This unit is run by members of the Hirkani Mahila Bachat Gath…. The USP of this business unit is that...

Gauravi Mahila Bachat Gath started their vermi-composting unit recently in their village Jhaap. We helped them to set up the vermicomposting pit and the shed. Having set up the pits for vermicompos...

Clay cups is another sustainable product for which we have helped set up a micro business. Pragati Mahila Bachat Gat has started making clay cups in their village Medha.

We helped them in pro...

Clay cups is another sustainable product for which we have helped set up a micro business. Sanjivani Mahila Bachat Gat has started making clay cups in their village Jhaap.

We helped them in p...

Poultry farming with desi chicken is a vocation that is slowly fading away from the rural landscape because of the following reasons –

1. People opting for mass production with broiler chic...

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Poultry farming with desi chicken is a vocation that is slowly fading away from the rural landscape because of the following reasons –

1. People opting for mass production with broiler chic...

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The members of Mahima Mahila Bachat Gath based in Aina village opted for brick making because of their inherent skills and experience related to this vocation. 

We supported them with al...

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