This presentation gives a brief of Sukarya's Economic Empowerment of Women Programme. It gives information about EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN THROUGH SELF HELP GROUP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUILDING – SAATHI PROJECT. Sukarya started the SAATHI project in January, 2008 with support of Charities Aid Foundation India (CAF) and Godfrey Phillips India Limited (GPI). The project aims to empower rural women through the formation of Self Help Groups and entrepreneurship building. Apart from efforts aimed at guiding savings and inter-loaning within the group, the members are being imparted vocational skills in locally marketable trade and practices based on their interest, aptitude and capabilities. The idea behind the effort is to help women earn and contribute towards their own and the well-being of their families and community at large. The focus of Sukarya in all its effort has been to reach out to the marginalized and underserved sections of poor women who have been left out of the development process. The activities are thus meant for those, who have had little education and access to health services or economic and political resources and thereby are the most constrained. To reach out to this un-reached section has been our biggest challenge.