Panmuni Kisku is a mother of three children from Dhobarna village at DMA sub project. Her second daughter Lalita Marandi CH ID -788433 is a sponsor child studies at class VIII. Dhobarna is a rural interior village known for its migration. Majority of men from this village migrate for long time for earnings for their family. Panmuni's husband, Mr. Jhamal Marnandi is no exception to this scenario. He migrated to Kerala and other state in search of menial works to support the family. So in absence of her husband, she used to spend her time idly sitting with other women in the village crying over the miserable condition of the family's plight.

Here a ray of hope came to this family through CFCA/ Unbound. As her child got new sponsorship, Panmuni Kisku became a member of Lily SCMG. She got opportunity to discover her hidden potential within by SCMG meetings, seminars and livelihood activities. In the beginning, she started animal husbandry. She has four cows. She uses to sell milk for money.

There after she initiated one more new business that is silkworm business. It was totally new to her. So, she got training for silkworm through Unbound/CFCA program. She took loan of Rs. 8000/- from SCMG and started silkworm business. She invested it to buy silkworm kits.

She use to prepare silkworm on beginning of June and finally by end of August silkworm is ready to harvest. She earns Rs. 90000/- to 95000/- rupees per harvest. She does second term silkworm cultivation is on September and harvest is done by month of November December. “I do twice silkworm cultivation in a year and I earn almost Rs. 180000/- to Rs. 190000/- per annum” she told.

This enabled Panmuni Kisku to send her elder daughter to pursue Nursing College, and her youngest daughter is in grade VI in local school. Now she being an active member in her SCMG group, and she empowers other SCMG members to initiate silkworm business. She trains and guides them. Today she is proud to say that there are around 30 families have started silkworm cultivation/business in her area. Panmuni Kisku is a pioneer in this initiative (silkworm cultivation) at her village, and has become a teacher to other women in the village. The entire family is very happy and thankful to CFCA for empowering her to taste success in her economics dependency. Her dream has become a reality because of CFCA.