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HelpAge India is an Indian organization focused on the concerns of elders and support geriatric initiatives. Established in 1978, [ 1 ] The aim is to serve disadvantaged elders in a holistic manner, enabling them to live active, dignified, and healthier lives.
A self-help group from Maharashtra, India, making a demonstration at a National Rural Livelihood Mission seminar held in Chandrapur. Self-help or self-improvement is "a focus on self-guided, in contrast to professionally guided, efforts to cope with life problems" [1] —economically, physically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis.
Self-help groups are started by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that generally have broad anti-poverty agendas. Self-help groups are seen as instruments for goals including empowering women, developing leadership abilities among the poor and the needy, increasing school enrolment and improving nutrition and the use of birth control.
The State Government also announced [76] that it will form Village Farmer Self Help Groups to disburse government-financed loans, a low rate Crop Insurance program whose premium will be paid 50% by the farmer and 50% by the government, and the launch of alternate income opportunities such as poultry, dairy, and sericulture for farmers in ...
Nearly 2 million workers are members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association across eight states in India. Self-employed women are defined as those who do not have a fixed employer-employee relationship and do not receive a fixed salary and social protection like that of formally-employed workers and therefore have a more precarious income ...
[3] [4] Most street children in India earn between 200 ($4.00) and 830 rupees a month, with older children making more than younger children. [8] Self-employed children also typically make more than children who are employed under an employer. [3] The largest expense in a street child's budget is food, which often costs 5–10 rupees a day. [3]
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Self-help groups have had varying relationships with mental health professionals. Due to the nature of these groups, self-help groups can help defray the costs of mental health treatment and implementation into the existing mental health system could help provide treatment to a greater number of the mentally ill population. [2]