Ponselvi (3 rd from right) is a housewife from Sembaruthi Transformation group from Papakulam – a rural community in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. She said that, “before joining here I was always scared to come out of my house”, Ponselvi also have some fear to meet new people and that itself caused her to remain at her house for a long time, She said that, “whenever I face a new person I will feel anxiety”, by the help of her close neighbors she joined WISHALL transformation groups , where she got opportunity to meet new people, and she started to participate in weekly group meetings , she said that, “After meeting new friends in TG meetings, who socialize with me without any resistance, all my anxiety faded away , now I can talk with anyone without any fear , Thanks to WISHALL Transformation group.”
In addition to that, she gained the habit of saving Money from the Transformation group, she did not know anything about savings initially, but later she realized the importance when her fellow women utilizes the benefits in needy time , she also received the loan from their savings money and repaid it completely , she feel proud to save money for her family.
She also said that, “FAITH garden training was very useful, I never thought of cultivating the vegetables even in this draught place.”. Pappakulam is a place where people face water scarcity for many months in a year. This FAITH garden training by WISHALL, motivated many women along with Ponselvi. She further added, “cultivation using less land and less water attracted us all to cultivate more vegetables “.