In this year 2009, HUL celebrates it’s 75 years. At the eve of this moment, HUL has done a great job. It partnered with the DHAN Foundation to enhance the Livelihoods of 75,000 poor women. This initiative of poverty reduction was in line with HUL’s commitment to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals that call for partnership for sharing resources and expertise. The partnership through local community mobilisers helped to identify 75,000 poor women from 75 self help groups (SHG) and federations promoted by DHAN Foundation on specific themes such as microfinance, water and rainfed farming.These women were from local communities living in rural, urban, tribal and coastal regions in three states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The project enabled the women to mobilize a total Rs.52.5 crore and generate an incremental income of Rs.18.75 crore in just one year. The project thus helped to increase incremental incomes by a minimum of Rs. 2000 for each of these 75,000 women in one year.
The women in rural and tribal areas have taken up various agriculture and allied activities such as land development, construction of farm ponds, purchase of farm inputs in addition to dairy and livestock related activities. While the women in coastal areas took up fish vending and processing and the women in the urban slums started small businesses including catering, handicrafts, and transport and housing services.
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