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Transformative
Journeys
practical inputs on pig-rearing. She developed her
capacity, empowered around 150 farmers, and
formed new SHGs. And within just a year of working
as an LSP, she became so well respected that the
villagers now consider her to be no less than a
veterinarian doctor!
Hillang recounts how it all started, “The Hara Happa
SHG obtained funds from NEIDA, from which
I received `14,000 to construct a pigsty and
purchase two piglets (male and female). After 8
months, the sow farrowed 10 piglets, of which I sold
8 for `32,000, and also sold the male pig for
`22,500.” She reinvested the amount in 5 more
pigsties and added an extra `17,500 from her own
savings to purchase 5 new piglets (4 females and 1
male). And with that, Hillang’s new business was all
set to turn profitable!
Currently, she is rearing 7 pigs, all vaccinated. And
piggery is supplementing her family’s income, while
inspiring other farmers in the village to enhance
their pig-rearing practices and become
entrepreneurs themselves. Happy to be the role
model for the villagers, Hillang Yapa shares: “After
NEIDA’s intervention, pig-rearing has become a
Hillang Yapa with her husband at her pigsties business enterprise in the village and every member
of the family is involved in it!”
From simple hill-woman Which goes to show that, sometimes, all it takes is
an empowered woman to change the future of an
to inspiring entrepreneur entire village.
Pig-rearing is an age-old practice in Hara Happa Thanks to her dedication and desire to help the
village in Papumpare, Arunachal Pradesh. community, she was appointed as a Livelihood
However, no one has ever thought of transforming it Service Provider (LSP) by the SHG and the Village
into a profitable enterprise. Head. As a LSP, she provides guidance and technical
inputs to fellow farmers on cultivation of paddy, 1 NO
No one except Hillang Yapa, a mother of five maize and also rearing of pigs. That is how she got POWERTY
children, living with her husband. the chance to attend a training programme on PROJECT ALIGNS
WITH SDG
Hillang worked as a seasonal labourer before joining pig-rearing organised by NEIDA, which motivated
the Hara Happa Self-Help Group (SHG), which is her to bring about improvements in the pig-rearing
nurtured by the North-East Initiative Development practices followed in her village.
Agency (NEIDA) – an associate organisation of the Basis the learnings from the training and her own
Tata Trusts. experience, she started to guide villagers with
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