Women entrepreneurs to give seven Anand villages a modern facelift

Vadodara/ Anand: Seven villages of Anand district will be turned into modern villages with the support of women professionals and entrepreneurs.
FLO, the women’s wing of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), has adopted seven villages namely Bamroli, Ambav, Anklavdi, Rajnagar, Jitodia, Jol and Gabapura. The village adoption programme is based on the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) guidelines.
“Many efforts of village adoptions are being carried out at many levels in our country.But it is almost impossible to develop more than six lakh villages of the country by just adopting them. Hence, we need to strengthen village adoption programs towards a model village approach,” said Taruna Patel, chairperson of FICCI FLO Ahmedabad chapter.
FLO has selected areas of work in every village which will be supported by NGOs, organisations and individuals.
The plan includes setting up garden and playground for children, village entrance gates, offering bakery and confectionery course, spoken English classes, sewing, beauty salon related training, organising multi-cropping and kitchen garden workshops, making products from agricultural produce waste, incense making and sanitary napkins stitching and selling to empower women in these villages.
“The key elements include special focus on health of women and young children, inculcating self-reliance and financial independence among women, village tree plantation drives, promoting agriculture innovation on soil suitability and climate for farming, planning for village development, mobilizing resources,” said an office-bearer.