One of our group has been elected as a member of a Panchayat. She has already managed to achieve a lot for us.

Because of her hard work a road has now been built to our village, four women have gained access to land that wasn't being used, four women have built houses through the Indira Wass scheme and she helped a woman who was struggling due her husband's illness to get a job cooking in the midday meal scheme." Malti Devi, India.

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