Buzz Women

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We started the AvalaBuzz (HerBuzz) Advisory Board in March this year to amplify the voices and choices of rural women - the most important stakeholders of Buzz. This advisory board is a step towards making us a truly grassroots organisation

It’s a step towards our ultimate goal of being a women-led movement! In June 2024, our advisors along with our senior leadership team met at board member, Jayamma’s house in Hoskote to review the quarter. Here’s some inputs we received from our advisors to strengthen our work!

Her husband shares that since Mamata has joined the business, “stress has reduced.” Now, they’re exploring opportunities to start a factory! #ruralwomen #womenentrepreneurship #genderequity

Mamata is from Chikkaballapura, and is running an electrical appliances and services shop along with her husband. She has begun managing the finances after completing her Buzz Business training in February 2023, a department of work usually kept away from women.

If you’re wondering what this means, read Eshrath’s story because she’s making a 366% increase in her income! She’s now building a life of her own. We all have something to learn. buzzwomen.org/post/a-366-inc…

Eshrath Unnisa had limited opportunities growing up but is now changing this for herself and for her daughters. She attended the Buzz Self Shakti/Inner Strength Training and the Spoorthi/Inspiration Fellowship and what did she gain? “Resourcefulness”.

Not just that, she's motivating other women too in their self-sufficiency. A true emobodiment of a Green Motivator! Here’s a video of Vimala explaining how she went about this process and how she feels managing her garden.

This is Vimala from Kolar district, Karnataka. After completing the Buzz program, she’s started her own kitchen garden and rears sheep. She not only saves over Rs. 1000 per month from her garden but she says it also brings her a lot of “joy”!

For Buzz, recognising the ‘self’ of this woman, enabling her to do the same and building a support system around her was and continues to be imperative. Here’s the Buzz guide to fostering rural women entrepreneurship and the outcomes we've witnessed.

But while we began our journey, we realised that to solve the multidimensional issues rural women entrepreneurs experience, our approach needed to be multidimensional too.

We started our Buzz Business/Vyapar program with a mission to ensure that women who choose entrepreneurship as a mode of livelihood lead sustainable livelihoods and ultimately experience financial freedom.

Having this network she says is “freeing”! Want to read Shashikala’s journey and learn why these solidarity systems are critical for women to thrive? Click on the link below: buzzwomen.org/post/shashikal…

"How do I live in the moment? I’m constantly scared of what’s to come." This used to be the story of Shashikala’s life. Post the Spoorthi (Inspiration) Fellowship, Shashikala has built for herself a support ecosystem and is enabling the same for other women in her community.

She’s our AvalaBuzz Board Advisor. And, she’s an incredible singer. Kusuma truly is unstoppable! Don’t you want to hear Kusuma’s pearls of wisdom on leadership? Click the video below! #womenleadership #womenempowerment #ruralwomen #grassroots #genderequity #genderequality

Kusuma is known for being “unstoppable”. Her community women enthusiastically selected her to be their Community Anchor/Gelathi. She has tripled her income post Buzz intervention. She has enabled her son to attend competitions all the way, across the country in West Bengal.

Women are active agents of climate-action! Our Buzz community women show us this every single day. They are enabling forces of change for themselves, their families and their communities. We’re simply standing by them.

How do we address the issues of climate change that affect the most vulnerable - rural women? At Buzz, combat the everyday effects of climate-change our communities experience through our Buzz Green program. Here are 5 approaches we think are crucial for grassroots climate-action

Happy World Earth Day 2024! While we celebrate and champion climate-action to save our earth on this day, let’s remember we experience the effects of climate-change every single day. What do we do all year round to fight climate-change?

Now, she’s making an income of Rs. 15,000 and is also discovering herself! While she serves as an inspiration to us, her inspiration was other Buzz community women who exhibited confidence and power.

Kantalakshmi’s story is one of conviction, perseverance and strength towards ecological and personal empowerment. After suffering a personal loss that was caused by unsafe food consumption, Kantalakshmi decided to start her own organic desi poultry farm & kitchen garden.