Swayam Shikshan Prayog

Swayam Shikshan Prayog

Pune, Maharashtra, India

About us

SSP has fulfilled its mission promote sustainable community development through empowerment of women through entrepreneurship development and leadership support. Over the years, women have emerged as decision makers in their families and have mobilized their local Panchayats and communities.

SSP and its Group of Social Enterprises (SSP Group) facilitates women in self help groups, social enterprises and community led initiatives that offer a wide range of financial services, skill-building and livelihoods generation, sanitation and health-enhancing opportunities to build resilience among rural and urban women, girls, youth and communities. They provide information, products and services in impact sectors such as clean energy, safe water and sanitation, health and nutrition, agriculture and food security. SSP and its social enterprises forge partnerships with the Government and private sector to scale up the hybrid model, benefiting women and the people at the grassroots.

 

Since 2009-2015, over 60,000 women were empowered and in turn impacted over a 4 million people across 2000 villages. SSP operates in vulnerable and climate threatened areas of Maharashtra, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

 

Community initiatives and peer-to-peer exchanges help us advance our mission to a larger canvas. Our proven models are being replicated in similar contexts in countries such as Kenya, Philippines, Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia through local women groups.

 

SSP’s initiatives are strengthened through women’s leadership, partnerships with local government bodies, state governments and corporate partners. We take pride in having kindled a progressive model centered on women empowerment to steer community empowerment and resilience. 

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Causes we work on

  • Welfare of War Veterans
  • Impact Assessment

Awards won

  • Ms. Prema Gopalan Executive Director of SSP was selected as one of the four finalists of the India Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2015
  • SSP was awarded the coveted Rashtriya Swayam Siddh Samman based on our significant contributions to the development sector
  • The 6th mBillionth South Asia Award 2015 under the M-Health Category
  • SSP was awarded at the Vodafone Mobile for Good award 2014 for Delivering preventive healthcare services at the doorstep by women health entrepreneurs
  • Best Innovation: Rural Energy Sector awarded by the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS) at the Bihar Innovation Forum (BIF) on 31st January 2014
  • Best Innovation: Social Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Business Models
  • awarded by the Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission (MSRLM) on 27th January 2014
  • Ms. Prema Gopalan was honored with the prestigious Assocham Ladies League ALL Grassroots Women of the Decade Achievers Award in 2014
  • Senior Synergos Fellow
  • Ashoka Globalizer member 2014.

Why work with us

We are always looking to hire someone who is keen to address society’s most pressing challenges in health, water, agriculture and rural livelihoods by working directly with women’s groups, farmers and entrepreneurs. Through the year, we welcome volunteers who wish to learn by doing around Base Of the Pyramid (BOP) initiatives in retail distribution, building networks, health services, rural business school, micro finance, communication and business related IT applications. Write to sspindia1@gmail.com to work with us in the capacity of interns and volunteers.
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Contact Details

  • Gayatri Apartment, Flat No. 2, Opp Orchid School (Gate 2), Balewadi Phata, Baner, Pune 411045, Maharashtra, India
  • 2020251356
  • sspindia1@gmail.com
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