Vasantham Pengal Sangam

This is an ongoing project supported by Women First International Fund, USA in Manachanallur Block, Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu. We helped to the women to open 4 makkal kadai (People’s Shop) in Solanganallur, Salapatti, Sirugudi and Manachanallur villages to supply the cattle feed at fair price to the cattle growers. Besides the cattle feeds they sell Rice and small millet items for consumption. The selected women are the owners of the shop and share their income on quarterly basis. The poor people access the benefits sometimes for credit and repay the amount in three four installment without interest. This will help them to prevent them debt bondage

Right sharing of world resources was supported three projects for income generation activities for women. It supported 120 women to establish their own ventures. The beneficiaries established their own ventures in vegetable vending, flower vending, mini food shop, petty shop, coconut thatches making, coir ropes making and cover sheet production. Now the beneficiaries are earning average Rs. 3800 per month.

VPS collected and packaged groceries on whole sale price and repacked the rice vegetable, dry chilli, malli and doll for mass distribution. We distributed this package to 175 families each contains 15 kg of rice, 4 kg vegetables, 1 kg dry chili, 1 kg of malli, 1 kg of doll and biscuits. The efforts of VPS were much helpful to the poor to relieve from extreme poverty and prevent from debt bondage to some extent during the Covid 19. With support of Pollination Project, VPS supported the packed materials to 540 families. The Pollination Project supported another 175 familiar containing same material packages

Improved income through goat rearing by adopting hydroponics system of fodder production100 poor women members of SHGs belonging to the Arunthathiar caste, the Dalit among Dalit, from 10 villages to improve their standard of living on sustainable basisThis project aims to strengthen 100 women from 50 SHGs from 10 villages among Arunthathiar caste women for increased income from goat rearing that will enable women to send their girl children to schools and improve their health of family members and provides sustainable livelihood31st March 2023, additionally 52 new women got the revolving fund and totally 72 women are benefited,The trainings and meetings was held with primary beneficiaries in four villages namely Konalai, Solanganallur, Salapatty and InamKalpalayam, We have conducted 5 village level trainings for 98 women on fodder production through Hydroponics System. Our resource team, the Veterinary Department, Government of Tamilnadu suggested an alternative organic food and feed