Self-help groups (SHGs) are village-based financial intermediary committees composed of 10-20 local women or men that provide mutual support. SHGs help members deal with common problems by sharing experiences and supporting one another's recovery. Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS) is an NGO founded in 1997 in India with a mission to eradicate poverty by working with the ultra-poor and providing programs in health, education, and social enterprise. SKS has established over 60 school academies serving over 3,000 students across 200 villages in Andhra Pradesh.

1. By
Charanraj Y Devadiga

2. What is Self Help Group(SHG)
• A self-help group (SHG) is a village-based financial intermediary
committee usually composed of 10–20 local women or men. A mixed
group is generally not preferred. Most self-help groups are located
in India, though SHGs can be found in other countries, especially in
South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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• Self-help groups, also known as mutual help, mutual aid, or support
groups, are groups of people who provide mutual support for each
other. In a self-help group, the members share a common problem,
often a common disease or addiction. Their mutual goal is to help
each other to deal with, if possible to heal or to recover from, this
problem.

3. Basic Self-Help Group Models
• self-disclosure members share their stories
• Stresses
• Feelings
• Issues
• Recoveries
• Self Help groups, as we know them, go back at
least to the 1930s, when Alcoholics Anonymous
started in USA.

4. • Self-help groups are started by non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) that generally have broad
anti-poverty agendas.
• Self Help Group is about people coming together
with others who are affected by a particular issue
(experience, disadvantage, discrimination, etc) to
support each other and to work together to change
the disadvantage affecting them. Activities that
groups do include community education,
information, mutual support etc.

5. Advantages of financing through SHGs
• An economically poor individual gains strength as part of a group.
• Besides, financing through SHGs reduces transaction costs for both
lenders and borrowers.
• While lenders have to handle only a single SHG account instead of a
large number of small-sized individual accounts, borrowers as part
of an SHG cut down expenses on travel (to and from the branch and
other places) for completing paper work and on the loss of workdays
in canvassing for loans.
• Where successful, SHGs have significantly empowered poor people,
especially women, in rural areas.

6. Swayam krushi sangham
Dr. Vikram Akula
 Born in India and brought up in
US
founded Swayam Krishi Sangam
in 1997
Vikram holds B.A. from Tufts an
M.A. from Yale
Ph.D. from the University of
Chicago
Vikram worked as a management
consultant with
McKinsey&Company.
He has over a decade of work and
research experience in Micro
Finance

7. SWAYAM KRISHI SANGAM
• SKS NGO has mission to work along side the
ultra poor ( < 1 US $ a day income ) located at
the bottom of the pyramid
• So far SKS has touched upon 5000 ultra poor
households impacting 30000 lives

8. History
• Swayam Krishi Sangam SKS NGO was
established with a vision to "Eradicate Poverty
in India”. It was registered as Public Society
on 18.12.1997 with Registration no. 6528 of
year 1997 under AP (Telangana Areas) Public
Societies Registration Act 1350 Fasli (Act of I
of 1350 F).

9. • SKS founded 60 such academies (preschools and
primary schools) with 3000 students, 200 staff
across 200 villages and semi-urban centers of
Nalgonda, Medak, Warangal and Khammam
districts of Andhra Pradesh.
• The program has grown over 6 times in student
enrollment in 2010.
• Bodhi is now fast expanding to outreach to
200000 students in next 5 years.
• To facilitate focused growth of this vertical a
separate Society has been carved out by name
"Bodhi Education Society”.

10. • VISION :
SKS envisions Eradication of Poverty In India
• Mission SKS :
"SKS has passionate social agenda to deliver high
quality programs in thematic areas of Rural
Health, Ultra Poverty and Social
Enterprise,designed to realize potentialities of
Poor."

11. Core Values
Member and Child Centric
 High degree of personal integrity Operational
and Financial sustainability
Strong convergence with State; Civil Societies
and Corporate
Gender and Poverty sensitive
Professional finesse but with empathy

12. Programmes of SKS
1. TARGETING THE ULTRA POOR
2. FINANCIAL EDUCATION
3. HEALTH AND NUTRITION
4. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

13. Bodhi Academies
• SKS has founded Bodhi Schools way back in
2010
• All SKS Education initiatives have been
transferred to Bodhi Society since 2012 April.
• Huge demand for quality education.
• Bodhi hardly collects 4 US$ per child every
month, subsidizing lion's share from its own
resources. Bodhi Teachers are well trained and are
best resource pool in the market.

14. Mission
To educate to empower the poor.
Vision
To reach out to 2 million poor and needy
children through school and vocational
education.
Values
• Right focus :
• Right means :
• Right way :

15. • Today, SKS runs 60 such academies
(preschools and primary schools) with 3000
students, 200 staff across 200 villages and
Peri-urban centers of Nalgonda, Medak,
Warangal and Khammam districts of Andhra
Pradesh. The program has grown over 6 times
in student enrollment in 2010.

16. CONCLUTION
• SKS is working towards the welfare of the
poor people and education of for there
children. The SHG is growing at faster speed
and making the change in the standard of
living of the poor people.