India’s gender gap index slipped from 112th to 140th among 156 nations during the Pandemic. Women’s labor force participation fell to 22.3%, income is 1/5 of men’s. Our fund recipients are living this harsh reality. After Covid-19 lockdown and...
Due to the pandemic and Cyclone Amphan in 2020 many YGB micro loan groups have suffered great losses. YGB’s NGO partner NISHTHA was able to guide the women’s micro loan groups towards new endeavors to help them recover. Four of YGB’s micro loan groups are also...
After counseling and frequent meetings, YGB’s NGO partner NISHTHA was able to convince YGB’s women’s micro loan groups that they needed to generate new opportunities in the midst of recovery after COVID-19 lockdown and Cyclone Amphan’s destruction of this...
YGB’s NGO Partner NISHTHA, and YGB’s micro loan groups who have been making mats while other groups are shifting themselves to making edibles. The Bori (lentil dumpling) makers group whose business were doing well prior to the pandemic and Cyclon Amphan in 2020...
The entire country has been at a standstill during the Covid lockdown for a whole year. Since the unlock phase people hoped opportunities would open up, but the fact is there’s no work available anywhere. After counseling and frequent meetings, YGB’s NGO partner...
Life Saved and Transformed by a Peer Group of YGB’s Micro-Loan Program, West Bengal After her Husband’s death, Chandana, a mother to two daughters, was subjected to brutal mental and physical abuse by her in-laws. She was not permitted to enter their house soon...
