Hope is a Kurnool based organization and is involved in
microfinance activities from past 3 yrs. Their mission is to reduce
poverty and improve the quality life of the poor women in urban and
rural areas of Andhra Pradesh through the provision of qualitative
and responsive financial services in an innovative and sustainable
way. The organization is working with 3810 poor women of Yemmiganur
and Manthralyam slums. We are desirous to make low cost micro
credit a reality. Our strategy for intervention is organizing
women’s into groups, promoting micro economic enterprises for
their socio economic development, People’s participation in
community development activities, enabling them to have social
security.
About the place
Kurnool is the gateway to Rayalaseema and the largest city
of Rayalaseema with a population around 2.7 lakhs. It has many
educational institutes and is also a major hub for banking and
insurance companies. The original name of Kurnool was Kandenaolu,
which literally means "lubricating village". Nallamalas and
Erramalas are the two important mountain ranges in the district
running in parallel from North to South. The Erramalas divide the
district into two well defined tracts from East to West. Between
Erramalasand Nallamalas lies the Eastern part of the district
comprises Nandikotkur, Pagidyala,Kothapalli, amulapadu, Atmakur,
Velgodu, Jupadu Bunglow, Midthur, Bandi Atmakur, Gadivemula,
Nandyal, Mahanandi, Panyam, Banaganapalli, Owk, Koilakuntla,
Rudravaram Chagalamarri Mandals. This tract is crossed by the crest
of Krishna and Pennar, watershed at the North part of the
Pagidyalamandal at about 1000 above the sea level. From this height
the ground slopes to the South along the river Kundu till it
traverses into Pennar valley. Major part of its tract is
predominantly black cotton soils
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