Manashi Pattayet is a 52-year-old fisherwoman living in Udaypur Village in the Balasore District of Odisha (PO- Bhograi, PS-Marine Talasari) with her husband Khagendra Pattayet and their four daughters and one son. Khagendra used to work as a fisherman, but due to old age, he was now unable to continue with this physically demanding occupation. […]
“Coming from a poor family, feeding my children was a daily challenge for me, so I never really dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur. But today, I am a proud social entrepreneur. I am a RUDIben, selling grains, spices, and other products to rural households. These products are produced by informal sector producers and small and […]
WELLAWAYA, SRI LANKA – Chathurika, 35, mother of two, is a peanut farmer from Wellawaya, Sri Lanka. “I was born in a city but now living in this village after my marriage. It was a bit hard to get used to the village life at first but now I consider it a privilege,” she says […]