Project Sukanya Retail Chain by Women and WE Women Entrepreneurship

A Kolkata woman has launched a project to provide employment to poverty-ridden women.
Apartna Banerjee's Project Sukanya is essentially a chain of stores managed by women, selling wares made by them.
The mobile outlets are called 'Bou Carts' (daughter-in-law's carts) and are visible at key points in the city.
Women self-help groups in Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum and Burdwan Districts make products like terracotta sculptures, packaged spices and small gift items.

Activities

* Research on creating awareness of self help skill to the women of urban areas and all in rural areas
* Extend Marketing support
* Support the Entrepreneurs with Financial assistance of Nationalized Banks
* Manufacture the Counter on wheel for sale (BOU)
* Purchase products from the small scale entrepreneurs
* Carry on Quality Test of the samples
* Buy such products those are passed through quality test
* Give proper and genuine price to the entrepreneurs
* Sale at a genuine rate with minimum margin so that people across India can have genuine products at reasonable cost at their door steps
* Sincere effort in building largest retail chain in India
* Support the entrepreneurs those who sale the products
* Extend employment to those who will be involved in the entire process across India.
Contact

Project Sukanya - a Retail Chain by Women and WE Women Entrepreneurship,
a Mission of the Woman, an NGO at
77/1/C Christopher Road,
Kolkata - 700 046
(By the side of Beijing restaurant),
Phone : 93300 34217, 93300 34219, 23298934

City Office
2E Kedar Bose Lane, Kolkata - 700 025

Email : correspondence @ projectsukanya05.com

Website : http://www.projectsukanya05.com


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/04/11/stories/2008041150110400.htm

http://xlalumni.blogspot.com/2008/04/xlri-as-social-entrepreneurs-aparna.html

http://www.bangaloreinc.com/2008/04/13/project-sukanya-for-women/

Project Sukanya is a lesson in survival. ‘India’s first independent social entrepreneurship project for women’ is changing lives,
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=237150

Presentation on "Providing Access to Market" at the National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, XLRI on 1st February 2009 by Ms Aparna Banerjee, Founder & CEO - Project Sukanya