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Three thousand women who belong to Amrita SREE SHGs gathered in Kanyakumari

Attendee smiles
By providing training, financial resources, and a support network, we aim to help women gain confidence, improve their livelihoods, and take on leadership roles within their communities.

Key Points

  • In addition to food, clothing, and financial assistance for each member, working capital was distributed to SHGs with 20 members.
  • Distinguished chief guests at the gathering included M.R. Gandhi (MLA for Nagercoil), S. Rajesh Kumar (MLA for Killiyoor), and Thalavai Sundaram (MLA for Kanyakumari).
5 February 2023
Main topic
Self-Help Groups
Related topics
Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment Humanitarian

Amrita SREE self-help groups (SHGs) met in Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district for their annual meeting.

Swami Ajamritananda Puri delivered the blessing speech, and Brahmachari Nilakanthamrita Chaitanya welcomed all who attended. In addition to food, clothing, and financial assistance for each member, working capital was distributed to SHGs with 20 members. 

The eminent chief guests included M.R. Gandhi, MLA for Nagercoil (BJP); S. Rajesh Kumar, MLA for Killiyoor (Congress); and Thalavai Sundaram, MLA for Kanyakumari (Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam).  

Three rows of women up close are seen in different colored saris of purple, pink, red and orange, smiling and clapping after having received their kits.
Women of the Amrita Sree self help group smile and enjoy the program.
Swami Ajamritananda hands a kit to a woman in a white sari with a pink floral pattern on white.
Swami Ajamritananda handing a kit to receipient.
Older women line up to happily receive a new sari from a monastic.
A monastic hands out saris.
An outdoor meeting, with rows and rows of chairs filled with Amrita SREE self-help group women.
Over 3000 women attended for the annual Amrita Sree Self Help group meeting in Kanyakumari.
An older man dressed in white hands kit items to a woman dressed in a light blue sari with a Swamini standing next to her.
Men help in filling the bags for the participants.

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