Weaving, group farming, selling pickles and tender coconut, and even catching stray dogs to make a living, Mary Stella has done it all. Ms. Stella has been elected chairperson of the Neyyattinkara municipality’s CDS-2 (community development society-2) in the recently concluded Kudumbashree elections in a remarkable example of women achievement.
Ms. Stella has been associated with the Kudumbashree right from the beginning. From the neighbourhood group (NHG) level, she was elected to the Kudumbashree area development society two or three times before reaching the CDS level to become a member and now ascending to the post of chairperson of Neyyattinkara municipality’s CDS-2 that has 23 wards under it.
