Pushpa Hembrom a SCMG member of subproject GDA (Godda) of Godda zone was living a miserable life. Cultivation was only the mainstay of the family income. With the meager income it was quite impossible to meet their child's education.

Life began to change after her daughter, Margaret CH ID- 855076 got the Unbound sponsorship. Her mother Pushpa Hembrom began to attend various livelihood trainings and workshops organised by CFCA Bhagalpur and she got encouragement and guidance to get involve in her own income generating activity.

So initially she availed a loan of Rs.5000 from the SCMG to open a small general store. She started selling groceries and other daily need things in her shop. It was the very first shop in her village and it ran successfully and within few months she was able to repay the loan. The shop was running well but the income wasn't enough to make them financial well off. Pushpa had learnt tailoring earlier so she decided to use her skill to add up to her family's income. Again she took a loan from the SCMG and this time the loan was three times bigger than the previous loan. The SCMG loan sanctioning committee agreed to give her loan of Rs.15000 considering her good track record. Pushpa purchased a sewing machine with that money and she purchased some clothes also to sharpen her tailoring skill first and after a while she started tailoring as her occupation. Attending motivational workshops organized by CFCA Bhagalpur helped her to believe in her own capability and now her tailoring skill is helping her to earn Rs. 500 to 600 a day. The shop and tailoring work are run single handedly by Pushpa only. Therefore her husband decided to involve himself too in some other income generating work. By that time they were earning well and they were easily meeting their day to day expenses but yet the goal was still far. Pushpa's daughter Margaret dreams to become a doctor in her life. Currently she is in grade in V in St Thomas School, Godda, a good reputed school. The total cost of a medical course is about 15 – 20 lakhs of rupees.

The current income was sufficient to send their child to school and to fulfill family's needs but it was appearing difficult for them to save such a big amount of money for their daughter's medical education. Therefore Pushpa's husband planned to buy an E-Rickshaw to increase family's income. They had some savings from the earnings by the shop and tailoring work but it wasn't enough so Pushpa decided to take a loan from SCMG for the third time. This time she took a loan of Rs.30000 from the SCMG and bought an E-Rickshaw. Pushpa's husband started driving the E-Rickshaw in the village. There is no proper facility of transportation available in the village. Villagers have to walk to some distance to get to the main road to get a bus to go to the nearby town or other places. There are many children and daily wage labourers in the village who have to travel to the nearest town daily to attend school and for work respectively. Pushpa's husband was lucky enough to get such daily passengers soon after buying the vehicle and he started earning Rs. 1000-1200 daily. Some time passed and Pushpa and her husband decided to buy another ERickshaw but this time with their own savings. They gave that E-Rickshaw to some other person to run it between the town and the village. They are earning Rs. 400-500 a day through their second E-Rickshaw. Now Pushpa and her husband are earning about Rs.2500 to 3000 a day and with this it has become easier for them to save money for their daughter's medical education.

With the support of CFCA Bhagalpur Pushpa not only stood on her own feet but she is helping others also to stand on their own feet. She is an example that how CFCA is impacting lives in rural and underdeveloped places of the country. It's a true success for the CFCA when the 'Hope For A Family' is fulfilled in an underprivileged family. Economic self sufficiency is big achievement for Pushpa and her family but she did not stop there but she is helping others also to grow together to built a better society by providing employment to another person too. May be the earnings of that second E-Rickshaw driver is not significant for the others but it is a great thing for a poor and unemployed person like him.

Pushpa is an active member in the SCMG and she often shares her experiences, past challenges and her success in group meetings and inspires other members also to do the same. She is an ideal in her locality and community. She has showed that nothing is impossible to a willing heart.