Vel Shg

You can find us, Vel Shg, on Rangaswamy Street in our village in the Krishnagiri district. We are just a small group of women who live right here in the same neighborhood. Since we have been friends for so long, starting a group together felt like the right thing to do. We don't have a shop or a fancy office, so we just work from our own homes. The work we do is very simple and we do it all by hand. Our days are mostly filled with cooking and looking after our families, but we always find time for our group projects. Sometimes we make pickles or small snacks to sell to the people nearby. Other times we just focus on our savings so we have money ready if one of us needs help. We don't have any big marketing plans. We just want to earn a little extra so life isn't such a struggle. In Krishnagiri, things can be tough when the weather is bad or prices go up in the market. Having this group makes us all feel a bit more secure about the future. We aren't trying to impress anyone; we are just neighbors who trust each other. It’s basic, honest work and that’s fine with us. We just take it week by week and see how it goes. That is all. We stay simple and we stay together. It is good to have something that is our own to work on every day.