Just a few months back, embarking into an organic vegetable farming co-operative had simply been a dream for Tshering Dema and her four friends.

All of 23, Sarhaka Lakiang is a budding entrepreneur who runs a tailoring unit from her home in Jowai in Meghalaya. Her transformational journey from an ordinary girl to an enterprising woman is an inspirational story for many women from marginalized communities.

Riwanda Lyngdoh’s life has changed a lot during the past 3 years that she has been associated with AEA. In her hometown of Umsning (30 kms from capital Shillong), she can be seen running her Beauty Parlour.

A student of Bal Prabha Primary Secondary School, Kasturi’s life was all but transformed by the implementation of Aide et Action’s Back to Basics (B2B) project in Nepal.

Srikarshika’s mother tried to abort on knowing that she was carrying a girl child. Though Srikarshika survived the abortion attempt, she was born as a deformed child whose woes didn’t end there. Her parents were too callous and never bothered to seek specialised treatment as suggested by the doctors.

Even though Aradhana cleared her 9th standard with good marks, her parents were least enthused to continue her studies. Instead, they discontinued her education and started searching for marriage alliances.