Social empowerment & leadership
Building women's confidence, leadership skills and social recognition through capacity building, leadership training and community participation initiatives.
Women empowerment
Empowering women as catalysts of social and economic transformation.
34,572
Women trained or benefited
1,345
Self-help groups formed
11
Districts of Tamil Nadu
2,168
Income-generation beneficiaries
Our women empowerment mission
Creating sustainable change through women
Women empowerment is at the heart of sustainable development and social transformation. Our programme recognises women as key agents of change in their families and communities. Across twenty-five years the annual reports record 1,345 men’s and women’s self-help groups formed in 11 districts of Tamil Nadu, and 34,572 women trained or benefited across thirteen reported years — work that runs from social empowerment and financial inclusion to enterprise development and community mobilization.
The early watershed years organised 10,925 people into self-help groups; by 2005–06 the trust recorded 644 groups with 11,814 members across nine districts. Coodu Trust was the approved NGO for Mahalir Thittam in Karur district, has facilitated bank and scheme credit to those groups through SGSY, IWDP, NABARD and TAHDCO, and reported 2,168 income-generation beneficiaries in its 2018–19 report. The money that reaches the groups is bank and government money; what the trust contributes is the organising, the training and the linkage.
Focus areas
Four programs, one movement for change
Microfinance & financial inclusion
Access to financial services, credit facilities and savings programs that enable women's economic participation and financial independence.
Entrepreneurship & enterprise development
Business development training, market linkages and enterprise support for women entrepreneurs to build sustainable livelihoods.
SHG & community mobilization
Organizing women into Self-Help Groups and community-based organizations for collective action, mutual support and community development.
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Join our women empowerment mission
Partner with us to empower women and create lasting social transformation. Your support can help us reach more women, strengthen communities, and build a more equitable society where every woman can thrive and lead.