Giving Opportunities
Rural Indian Women Hear the Gospel, Learn Job Skills and Gain Dignity
Rural Indian women are living in a cycle of poverty. Women are commonly reduced to the status of a servant in their own home, and traditional practices keep many from gaining an education or developing income-generating skills.
To help rural women break free from this pattern of oppression, indigenous Christian leaders are equipping 140 women to teach job skills and share the gospel. Each newly trained leader will be given seed funds to establish two self-help groups of 12 women each.
In the groups women will hear the life-changing message of the gospel, and will learn vocational skills appropriate for their region, such as soap, juice, and candle-making; embroidery, growing mushrooms, mangos and flowers; or raising poultry and sheep. Microloans enable women to put their new skills into action, earning income and dignity as they work to improve their circumstances.
With a total of 280 self-help groups, more than 3,000 women and their families will be reached in this way.
Training one woman to establish microenterprise self-help groups:
$265
Microloan capital for one self-help group:
$157
Support one field coordinator to supervise literacy and vocational training for one year, and
provide training and mentoring for 10 group leaders:
$1,440
Total Need:
$76,760