The role of Self Helps Groups

If you're seriously interested in knowing about self help, you need to think beyond the basics. This informative article takes a closer look at things you need to know about self help. The role of Self Helps Groups (SHG) has assumed national attention in rural development instead of single beneficiary activities, group (10-20members) activities are broad based and rewarding. The Self Helps Groups are micro institutions, which contribute largely to the rural development and Environmental Conservation Programmes. This paper brings to the light the role-played by the NGO led Self Help Groups in preserving and conserving our environment. The concept of Self Help Group: Think about what you've read so far. Does it reinforce what you already know about self help? Or was there something completely new? What about the remaining paragraphs? A SHG is a group of about 20 people from a homogeneous class who come together, for addressing their common problems. The lower age limit for the member is 18 and the upper age limit is 60. The group members of SHG are encouraged to make voluntary thrift on a regular basis. They use this pooled resources to make small interest bearing loans to their members. The group has an animator to co-ordinate and two representatives from the members. The animator acts a leader of the group and help in smooth running of the group activities. Sometimes it's tough to sort out all the details related to this subject, but I'm positive you'll have no trouble making sense of the information presented above.