Siddhi Mahila Urbannidhi Limited

You can find us over at H. No. 1044 on KDK College Road. We are right by the Suyog Cycle Stores in Nagpur. Siddhi Mahila Urban Nidhi Limited is mostly run by women from the local area. It’s a busy street with all the students and the cycle shop next door. We get a lot of noise from the bikes being fixed, but we’ve gotten used to it. Our office is just a simple room where we help women manage their savings. We started this because we wanted a place where local ladies felt comfortable talking about money. It’s not a formal place at all. We often have children running around while their mothers are finishing up their business. We use simple notebooks and a small computer that’s a bit slow. Some mornings we spend more time cleaning the dust off the desks than doing paperwork. It’s just part of life in Nagpur. We don't have any big corporate goals or anything. We just want to be here for the people on our street. If the cycle shop is open, we are usually open too. It’s a friendly spot and we always have a jar of biscuits for whoever comes in. We find that a little snack makes the boring paperwork go by a lot faster. Most people stay longer than they need to just to catch up on the neighborhood gossip.