Empowering Entrepreneurs in Kerala's Indigenous Community

In rural parts of India, it is extremely difficult for women to find opportunities to make a living. We administer funds from a government grant program to provide vocational training in these communities. We helped one group start a small business making pappadam. They started out making them by hand but soon demand was high enough that they couldn't keep up, and with a micro-loan from a bank, they bought a machine to expedite their work. Now they have even been able to give jobs to other women as well. Watch the video to see these women explain their business model, their plans for the future, and the way with hard work, an eye for quality and a little help from Embracing the World, they've been able to turn their lives around.