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VOXTRA VISITS HAND IN HAND

22 JANUARY 2010. CHENNAI.

Norway-based Voxtra Foundation, a supporter of Hand in Hand projects visited TN in Jan 2010 and reviewed the work being done.

Voxtra-Visit

Pål Dale, Managing Director, Voxtra Foundation, visited Tamil Nadu from 19 to 22 January. The Norway-based Voxtra Foundation is a philanthropic organisation that invests in NGOs and social enterprises that have identified an effective way to fight poverty.  

Voxtra supports the creation of 42,000 enterprises in three districts of Tamil Nadu (Virudunagar, Sivagangai and Tuticorin). Under the programme, Hand in Hand mobilises women into self-help groups, trains and empowers them in group activities and in enterprise development, and then extends micro-credit to help them start or strengthen micro enterprises.  

Till January 2010, Hand in Hand has formed about 1,000 self-help groups under the Voxtra project, from which about 200 women have started/strengthened enterprises in the first loan phase after training.