Home Alone: Chitra took the extreme decision to live alone as a single woman in her village
In 2013, I was working as a neighborhood health employee for the federal governments National Rural Health Mission. This put me in touch with a community-based organizations (CBO) and I started attending all their events. The CBO advised me for COROs Grassroots Leadership Development Program, and the organization head became my coach.
I declined and the scenario at home grew really tense. I would have most likely given in if not for the assistance of my mother and the CORO personnel. Ive been living in my brand-new house for the last 15 days.”
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03 June, 2019
” My dad was an alcoholic. He wed me off in an intoxicated stupor. I was just 12. It was chosen that my in-laws would come and get me after my father paid a dowry and I got my duration. My daddy never paid the dowry and I never ever got my period. Ultimately, my other half married another person. I remained in my moms and dads house in Beed districts Dhanora village and added to the household earnings by making papads and offering tuitions. I never kept anything for myself. I over all the cash I made to my household.
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None of this work would have been possible if CORO hadnt helped me understand who I am. After the fellowship, I made the extreme choice to live alone.
My fellowship project was self-help groups (SHGs). I picked 5 villages where I created 14 SHGs. By charging a fixed 2% rate of interest, these savings groups released villagers from the clutches of shylock. I also assisted 100 females get task cards, 30 ladies gain access to a widows pension plan, and solved four cases of domestic violence. Within six months of the fellowship ending, I became a saheli in COROs Single Women Campaign. The assistance groups I developed in each village now work individually, lobbying for infrastructure and other gain from the gram panchayat and intervening in cases of domestic violence.
I stayed in my moms and dads house in Beed districts Dhanora town and contributed to the household income by making papads and offering tuitions. Females from my community are usually restricted to the home. I also helped 100 ladies get job cards, 30 women gain access to a widows pension plan, and resolved four cases of domestic violence. Within six months of the fellowship ending, I ended up being a saheli in COROs Single Women Campaign. After the fellowship, I made the extreme decision to live alone.
Women from my community are generally restricted to the home. At the interview, CORO staff asked if I d be able to leave the home and ready to work for Dalits and other marginalized groups. They insinuated that my bro would get angry if I didnt support his pal, but I told them that I would choose whichever side was.
