Mongli Devi is a Member of Grameen Shakti for the last 5 yrs. Initially, she used to work as maid in houses and her husband used to work as electrician. As it was not sufficient to meet family expenses, Mongli Devi thought of supplementing their family income by earning something extra. But due to pandemic, his husband’s income affected and they had real tough time to run the family. During this time, Mongli Devi took fresh loan of Rs.35,000/- (31/01/2021) to open an shop for electric goods. This was the beginning and no looking back thereafter. Gradually, she extended his shop as well as scale of operation and started earning more. She started repaying her loans in time and their only child now goes to ‘Primary School’. Mongli Devi & her husband had already opened their Bank accounts and they had developed the habit of savings too.
Jayanti Devi is a Member of Grameen Shakti for the last 6 yrs. Initially, she and her were engaged in agricultural activities. Jayanti Devi became our Member and took loan to sustain their livelihood. Covid made their life difficult and they hardly had any money to pursue their activities. At this juncture, Jayanti Devi took Rs.35,000/- loan to open a grocery shop. Slowly their business grew in size and volume and income doubled. She repaid the full amount of the loan taken previously and asked for more loans to further expand their business. Today they have moved to a ‘Pucca House’ and earning sufficient income.
