The Govt. of India as well as Odisha are taking utmost steps to change the living standards of women and making them self-sustained. To achieve this goal, SSOE has formed & strengthened 17 nos. of village level women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Binjharpur & Dasarathpur blocks of Jajpur district for promoting saving & credit activity among women to make them self-sustained. A SHG is an informal association to enhance the member's financial security as primary focus and other common interest of members such as area development, awareness, motivation, leadership, training and associating in other social inter-mediation programmes for the benefit of the entire community. Apart from that, the SHGs are organizing themselves to create massive awareness about various social issues like gender inequality, casteism, dowry, anti-liquor movement, violence against women, girl child education, child labour, illiteracy, women & child trafficking, protection of sound environment etc. Some of the SHGs have received loan from local Banks and are running Income Generating Activities like Rice processing, Dairy farm, Goatry farm, Dry fish business. The Field Coordinators & Volunteers of the organization arrange regular meetings of women members and discuss about their performance through maintaining of SHG records & its management.