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Women IndiaBUILDS

Women IndiaBUILDS is a Habitat for Humanity initiative - a part of its 5-year IndiaBUILDS campaign. It allows women with means to help women in need

By signing up for the Women IndiaBUILDS program, women from economically well-off backgrounds match the collective savings of women self-help groups, from some of the poorest families in India.

The goal: To create awareness in society on the issue of poverty housing with its impact on women in addition to raising resources to enable members of these self-help savings groups , acquire safe, decent and affordable homes.

Helping Habitat for Humanity Empower less fortunate Women

Kantabai is one of many women in India who earn as little as Rs 50 a day that's just over US $ 1; and she strives to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty.

“I do not want my children to suffer the way I did,” she says. “I will do what it takes. I will save and give what I can, just to help them have a better start in life. This is not only my cry, but also that of many women in the community. We share the same passion, to have a decent shelter for our children.”

Mera Ek Hai Sapna. Ek Ghar Ho Apna”.

How does she do it?

Kantabai saves a part of her meager income on a regular basis. She and others like her have come together and formed self-help saving groups, through which they collectively save small amounts on a monthly basis. This kitty serves as a corpus from which the group loans money to members of their group. Today Kantabai and her group have savings that can be extended to members of their group for building their own homes.