Pioneer of Empowering Grassroots Women as Leaders in Climate Resilient Farming, Entrepreneurship, Clean Energy, & WASH

What we do

Resilient Women
Resilient Communities

We are empowering grassroots women’s networks & communities across Maharashtra, Kerala, Bihar and Odisha states through relief, recovery & building long-term resilience to reduce the impact of this humanitarian, economic & health crisis.

COP27: Swayam Shikshan Prayog wins Local Adaptation Champions Awards

Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), Maharashtra-based organisation has been awarded, Local Adaptation Champions Awards, organised by Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) at ongoing COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

SSP is one of the four organisations recognised for their work in leading climate change adaptation for vulnerable local communities.

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Our Inspiration and an Icon

Late Ms. Prema Gopalan: The Quintessential Sakhi

Founder - Swayam Shikshan Prayog (1956 - 2022)

Ordinary women can trigger extraordinary changes. My vision is to create an ecosystem that empowers women at grassroot enabling to move from margin to mainstream, transforming not only their lives but their community, their villages and society – for the better”


– Prema Gopalan.
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What We Do

Key Sectors

Women-Led Climate Resilient Farming

Repositioning women as farmers, not labourers, taking decisions on what to grow & how.

Women’s Entrepreneurship

Enabling grassroots women to set up women-led business enterprises.

Water, Sanitation, Health & Nutrition

Women leading behaviour change through improved WASH practices & nutrition awareness.

Energy And Environment

Women driving equitable, clean energy consumption choices.
Our Initiatives

Women Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)

Enabling grassroots women to produce, sell the organic product as food security products.

Women Leadership

Enabling grassroots women to get involve in developmental journey with women’s networks.

Covid -19 Response

Women leading and got involved in covid response and recovery programs.

Impact

Women Taking The Leads
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Women farmers, Entrepreneurs & Leaders

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Voices Of Women

Our Women Leaders

Our Women Leader

Sumitra Shiral

Sumitra Shiral is a master at seeding and strengthening grassroots business ventures, working in the drought-affected areas of Osmanabad.

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Our Women Leader

Archana Mane

Archana Mane, a serial entrepreneur runs 5 different enterprises. Archana was trained on food security through organic farming.

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Our Women Leader

Godavari Dange

Godavari founded the first women’s federation to work on women’s economic and leadership development which presently has more than 5000 members.
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The organisation is committed to promote sustainable community development by repositioning women as change makers and fostering collective leadership.

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  • 102 First Floor, Gayatri Building, Orchid School Lane, Balewadi Phata, Baner, Pune-411 045, Maharashtra, India.
  • sspindia1@gmail.com / connect@swayamshikshanprayog.org
  • 91 8605016700 / +91 9323557456

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