Impact, Measured in More Than Numbers

A skill learned. An income earned. A decision made independently. A woman who returns to show another woman the way.

Apni Kutir community impact
Apni Kutir programme

Impact Numbers & Graphs

Larger Metrics

A clean visual overview of the core data points: Direct & indirect beneficiaries,Cumulative income growth, Geographical span, and programme impact.

0 Direct Beneficiaries
0 Indirect Beneficiaries
0% Urban
0% Peri-Urban
0% Rural

Communities reached across diverse geographies

Cumulative income growth ₹0 Cr
Geographical Span
32 Years of Community Engagement
5 States West Bengal · Bihar · Rajasthan · Maharashtra · Chhattisgarh
30 Community Centres Established Since 2021 Across the evolution of the Apni Kutir network
2,278 sq. km of cumulative geographic reach Based on a 5 km service radius across 29 centres established since 2021.

Programme Impact

Skilling & Training 0+

women trained

Healthcare and SELL 0+

Community members engaged

Partners 0+

Partners Supporting us

Stories Behind the Numbers

The strongest proof of impact comes from women who move beyond training into leadership, teaching, employment, and long-term participation.

Staff

Alumni Joining Central Team

Graduates who once entered as beneficiaries are now joining the central team, supporting programme operations and becoming visible examples of progression.

Teachers

Beautician Teachers Training 150+ Students

Trained beautician teachers are now creating a multiplier effect by training more than 150 students and expanding income-ready skills within the community.

Community

Women Becoming Local Role Models

Participation in training, events, and enterprise activities gives women greater public visibility and strengthens their role within family and community spaces.

₹1 Invested. ₹5.6 in Value Created.

Measuring the value behind the change

Impact is not only about how much is spent. It is about what that investment makes possible. For the project assessed, an investment of approximately ₹10.1 lakh generated an estimated ₹56.3 lakh in social and economic value.

Social Return on Investment
SROI 1 : 5.6

For every ₹1 invested, an estimated ₹5.60 in social and economic value was created.

₹10.1 lakh Approximate investment
₹56.3 lakh Estimated social and economic value

This value reflects the outcomes generated through the programme after adjustments for 5% deadweight and 5% attribution, with no displacement or drop-off applied in the calculation.

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What does ₹5.60 of value actually look like?

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It can look like a woman beginning to earn.

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A household gaining another source of income.

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Skills becoming economically productive.

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Confidence becoming participation.

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And an investment continuing to create value beyond the classroom.

SROI helps us translate these changes into a common language of value—not to reduce a woman’s journey to a number, but to understand whether the resources entrusted to us are creating meaningful returns.

Our SROI Methodology

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₹10.1 lakh

Investment: approximately ₹10.1 lakh

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₹56.3 lakh

Estimated value created: approximately ₹56.3 lakh

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5.6:1

SROI: approximately 5.6:1

Deadweight: 5%
Attribution: 5%
Displacement: 0%
Drop-off: 0%

Important accuracy note

The calculation from the rounded figures is: ₹56.3 lakh ÷ ₹10.1 lakh = 5.574, which rounds to 5.6.

₹56.3 lakh ÷ ₹10.1 lakh = 5.574

How We Know Change Is Happening

We measure the distance between where a woman begins and where she goes next.

Impact cannot be understood from attendance sheets alone.

Before a programme begins, we build a picture of a participant’s starting point—her income, access, mobility, confidence, digital readiness, aspirations and the barriers around her.

At the end of the programme, we return to those same questions.

Not simply: Did she complete the course? But:
Can she do something today that she could not do before?
Does she feel more confident making decisions?
Can she travel for work?
Can she use digital tools independently?
Has her family’s support changed?
Has a skill begun to translate into income?

BASELINE → JOURNEY → ENDLINE

01 WHERE SHE BEGINS

Baseline

We understand the starting point:

Income & Employment

Is she currently earning? What kind of work does she do?

Access & Digital Readiness

Does she have access to a bank account, smartphone and the internet? Which digital tools can she use independently?

Mobility & Support

Can she travel independently? Does her family support her working? What makes participation difficult?

Confidence & Agency

How confident does she feel speaking to others, making decisions and navigating unfamiliar situations?

Aspirations

Does she want a job, home-based work, self-employment—or is she still discovering what she wants?

These dimensions are reflected directly in the streamlined baseline assessment.

02 WHAT HAPPENS IN BETWEEN

The Intervention

Skills and training.
SELL.
Healthcare.
Mentorship.
Workplace readiness.
Market and placement linkages.
Continued community support.
03 WHAT CHANGED

Endline

We return to the woman, not simply the programme.

We look at:

Skills gained
Confidence built
Digital capability
Changes in mobility and family support
Readiness for employment or enterprise
Income and livelihood outcomes
Remaining barriers

Because good impact measurement should tell us two things:

What changed, and what still needs to change.

When women come back, we know something has stayed.

NOT JUST A MOMENT, A MOVEMENT.

A programme may have a start date and an end date.

A relationship with a community should not.

Across Apni Kutir, women return long after their own classes have ended. Some come back for advanced training. Some attend community events. Some bring a friend, a sister or a daughter. Some share what they have learned. Some return as speakers, mentors, entrepreneurs and examples of what can happen next.

This is one of the most meaningful ways we understand sustainability: when a woman who once came looking for an opportunity returns carrying one for someone else.

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They no longer return only as learners.

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They return as part of the ecosystem.

Apni Kutir community

Your programme design explicitly positions Kutirs as community anchors that host alumni-led events and extend engagement beyond enrolled cohorts to alumni, families and the wider community.

Ripples of Change

Hear It in Their Own Words

Video Stories
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Calcutta Foundation

Apni Kutir

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Calcutta Foundation

Stories from the Community

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SVP India

SVP Kolkata: Mahima Verma, Founder-Director

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