Microenterprises

Goal

Strives to support sustainable livelihoods and empower women from underprivileged areas, to make them change agents of society.

Partnerships

With Manjari Foundation

Impact

12 production units run by women, 380 women engaged in manufacturing and sale of 250+ products, including fresh dairy, ghee, oils, pickles, spices, namkeen and honey, apart from apparel and textiles

Key Features

• Supports and enables women through development of enterprises
• Sustains the microenterprises that are owned and managed by the women members

Major Activities & Achievements during FY 2023-24

• 2 brands strengthened – Upaya (Apparel), Daichi (Food)
• Revenue of more than ₹1.5 crore generated via FMCG and textile sales
• Income of production Sakhis – ₹44.6 lakhs+
• Sales by Business Sakhis – ₹21 lakhs+
• Market outreach – Currently operating in 11 major cities, like Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota, Chittorgarh etc.
• No. of stores and Sakhi Haats – 9
• Market outreach – Currently operating in 11 major cities, like Delhi, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota, Chittorgarh etc.
• Gifting range of Sakhi products started; business worth ₹4.77 lakhs done in the initial stage itself
• ₹2.7+ lakhs sales were generated at the stall set up during the India International Trade Fair in Delhi
• New products launched including 3 varieties of honey, 5 types of namkeen & ventured into impact gifting
• Introduced fresh dairy products
• In the past year, we have positioned our brands across multiple channels, including modern trade, general trade, rural trade, Sakhi-owned Sakhi Haats and online storefronts, i.e. Amazon, JioMart and Heartswithfingers (Hearts with Fingers), ONDC platforms.
• With over 220+ retail stores covering Jaipur, Udaipur, and Kota, we are adding 20 to 25 stores monthly.
• During FY 2023-24, apart from the four Sakhi Haats, we have introduced five modern trade stores with Reliance SMART and iPer Marts.
• We onboarded three distributors and created a strong base of 115 Business Sakhis across our districts for rural trade during the year.