Day 4: Financial Emergence of India

Day 4: Financial Emergence of India

            Today we visited a social NGO called Modern Rural Youth Development Organization (MRYDO) and Quatrro an outsourcing company.  We also took a quick tour of Qutub Minar.

            According to the pamphlet we received from MRYDO, it has a mission “to channelize the potentialities of youth, women, children and other marginalized communities for their own development and work towards a healthy society free from hunger, disease, discrimination and injustice”.  MRYDO was able to register their business in 1986 and with the help of UNICEF, they we able to actually start out the way they really wanted. Other organizations that have helped are WaterAid India, National Bank for Agricultural Development (NABARD), Delhi State AIDS Control Society, Ministry of Women and Child Development and some others.

            Below is an image of the work that MRYDO has influenced the women of these remote villages to do. MRYDO provides classes to these women for training on sewing machines, cloth making and beauty culture.  MRYDO teaches about 100 women on a daily basis and holds 2 classes in the morning and 2 in the evening with 25 students in each. We met a group of women in which 4 members spoke about the work that MRYDO has helped them complete.  These women have been able to start their own businesses such as a pickle business, a handbag business, a shoe business, a chocolate business and a tie-dye and embroidery clothing business.  MRYDO has not only supplied them with the skills but given these groups of women the confidence to help trust one another in order to start their businesses.  MRYDO helps these groups of women to join together and take out a micro-loan so that they can all start their small businesses.

(A few of the women participating in the self help groups)

(These women are being taught about beauty)

(Women being taught how to sew)

 (Bag crested by one of the women)

(Examples of what the women have made with the help of MRYDO and the loans from the bank)

            Another aspect about MRYDO that I found interesting, was that they have helped implement health classes for females and children in public schools and a program for scavengers (scavengers are those who are hired by the upper class to pick up human defecation and are considered untouchables). The health classes for females teach them about menstrual hygiene and all types of women empowerment especially about their sexual self respect, identity and dignity.  The health classes for children include a 3 step plate for children to wash their hands in before a meal. This implemented idea allows smaller children to be able to reach the water properly enough to wash their hand thoroughly. The scavengers program has added pressure to the government in order to get rid of these practices and implement something different like sewages.

            Quatrro is an outsourcing company, which began 25 years ago and is based on the concept of helping other companies become innovative.  Before, the concept of outsourcing was believed to be taking the food away from the table and putting it on another table.  Today, the concept of outsourcing is defined as putting the food on both tables.

            At about 6:30 pm (India time) we met up with a company called Quatrro. Quatrro is a business that works at night, because most of their clients are people from the United States; they have adjusted their times in order to fit ours. The majority of businesses that Quatrro helps are small to medium sized businesses. Quatrro’s services consist of (1)Technical Support, (2) Knowledge Services, (3) Interactive Entertainment, (4) Processing Services, (5) Mortgage and (6) Financial Processing

 (Quatrro Building)

(Lauren, Kiara & Eleana)

(The MC students making their mark)

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