Meet Rezwaan, the proud owner of ‘Madeena Bangle Store’.This resident of Uppaharahalli in the outskirts of Tumkur town greets you with a smile. She is a well known person in the vicinity of her town, for her hard work and determination. Rezwaan is an example for all those women who dare to dream big. Rezwaan stays with her husband Habibulla Sherief (40) and two school going children. Her daughter Sameena is 16 and son Sameer is 11. Years ago her life consisted of mundane household activities. When her son turned 11 she found that she had a lot of time at her disposal.

Suresh Krishna the Managing director of GFSPL attended a session on ‘Evidence from the Field: Informing and Influencing’ organized in the Microfinance India Summit. A discussion that dealt with the impact on the lives of the poor in Andhra Pradesh due to the unavailability of microfinance services over the last year. Various .studies, data sheets and researches were presented in the session Suresh Krishna opined that though microfinance is doing a commendable job by institutionalizing the credit flow, unwanted elements like the money lenders are back.

Ms Ahona Ghosh, addressed members on “Communication Skills” at the connect meet on the 23rd of December, 2011. She is an independent trainer with an experience of 14 years. Ms Ghosh has worked with leading hospitals, retail outfit, academia, pharmaceutical and IT Companies. She specialises in soft skill training, customer communication and patient relationship management. 70 members of GFSPL attended and benefited from this session. An interactive session was followed after Ms Ghosh addressed the gathering