POSITION: Accounts Supervisor and Internal Quality Control at Pragati Cooperative.
JOINING THE PRAGATI COOPERATIVE: After
leaving school in ninth grade, she worked for 15 years as a tailor in a garment factory to support her family. Savita was selected to join the new cooperative thanks to her sewing experience. “I thought it would be easy. But it was very different from the factory set-up. There, you only did your work, but here, we are running a business.”
WHERE SHE IS TODAY: Early on, Savita found the transition confusing and sometimes frustrating. At one point she even considered quitting the cooperative. Her manager talked her out of it. “Now I see this as a growth path for me. I issue checks on behalf of the group. My earnings have improved manyfold due to these new opportunities. One month, I earned close to my husband’s salary. I was really so happy about it.”
