The Adani Foundation, the CSR wing of Adani Dhamra Port, organised an exposure visit for eight Women Producer Group (WPG) members of Dosinga, Jagula, Kaithakhola, Karanjamal and Karanpali near Dhamra port periphery to Odisha Livelihood Mission operational blocks of Jajpur district.
The 30 Women Producer Group members were taken to Tandra, Kabirpur, Narasinghpur villages of Korei, Jajpur and Rasulpur blocks of Jajpur district. The members visited sites of mushroom farming, phenyl manufacturing unit, pickle, Bari and spices manufacturing unit, commercial vermicompost unit, honey beekeeping etc. developed by Maa Hingula and Maa Santoshi SHG members in support of Odisha Livelihood Mission, ORMAS and Nabard. The members interacted with OLM block officers and trainers on programmes which would help them in becoming self-reliant. They also discussed with local SHG members pertaining to scope and way of implementing income generation activities in Dhamra port periphery villages.
The visit has hiked women's confidence in decision making not only in women engagement in different subsidiary income generation activities intended to generate additional income to family but also women involvement in decision making at household and community level.