Today, over 2,48,760 women from some of the poorest districts of Uttar Pradesh can proudly claim to have shed poverty and transformed their lives. They are members of 20,578 Self Help Groups (SHGs) with a total savings corpus of over Rs 92 million and access to a cumulative credit line of Rs 601 million from public sector banks. The organisation behind this social change movement – Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojna (RGMVP) -- is the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust's dedicated, flagship mission for poverty eradication. Since 2002, RGMVP reaches out to women to bring them hope for a better future, a sense of self worth and the means of independence. Empowerment of these women, struggling to survive against adverse economic and social conditions, while achieving poverty mitigation and reduction, lies at the very heart of RGMVP’s goals.