“SRI”, Sri Moorthy Nagar, P.O. Box 2,
P.O.Kollengode Dist. Palakkad, Kerala, India- 678506
Phone (91) (4923) 263060 / 264895
E-Mail: sriproject@sancharnet.in

Micro - credit program for poverty alleviation
of the poor by the poor for the poor

SRI (Society for Rural Improvement) is a registered non-profitable Trust and innovative poverty alleviation programme being implemented in the villages in Kollengode area of Palakkad District in Kerala, India since 1995. The objectives are poverty alleviation, social emancipation and economic independence of the poorest rural women. The collateral free micro-credit extended only to the poorest rural woman is exclusively utilized for economically viable and environmentally sustainable income generating activities.

Traditional ploughing, an endangered specy

SRI strives hard to break the "Dependencey Syndrome" among the poorest rural women and inculcate self-dependency, mutual assistance and sense of responsibility. Thus, SRI is sowing the right seed to make these poor women the masters of their own destiny.

SRI has exploded a socio-economic myth that the poorest rural women are not credit worthy. It has proved that "micro-credit" can be liveraged as a significant and powerful component in our overall socio-economic development agenda for the poorest.

Subject to funds, SRI will be expanding its service to the other vital socio-economic areas of the poorest, such as women's micro-enterprises, literacy, access to drinking water, hygiene and sanitation, health services etc.