The story of the women headed families who developed her life alonly.

A.G  Chiththrani is living at  Nelsanpura village in  Town and Gravest  divisional  secretariat, Trincomalee district. She is 60 years old. She is a mother of five. Her husband has disappeared while he was engaging with fishing industry on 3^rd of April in 1991. She had no any information about her husband until now. 

She had faced many difficulties with her four children without any way to survive after diapering her husband.  However, she had attempted to feed her children by selling stream hoppers. 

She had used to a traditional machine for making stream  hoppers because of that she was unable to make more than three stream hoppers at one time.  She had spent two hours to make stream hoppers by which used three KG of flour. Because of that, she had no opportunity to develop her business.

In the meanwhile, she was concerned and selected as a beneficiary of the program, which was conducted by women section of  National Fisheries Solidarity Movement to empower the women headed families providing tools, machines and animals. National Fisheries Solidarity Movement assisted to the women headed families to develop their economic background  in Batticaloa, Mannar and Trincomalee districts.  National Fisheries Solidarity Movement gave a new stream hoppers machine to A.G. Chiththrani. Because of that, she is able to make more stream hoppers than before. Although she made only three stream hoppers by using old machine now she can make more than 15 stream hoppers at one time. That is a great advantage for her.  

Although she had spent two hours for three KGs now she spends only one hour for that purpose. She is able to earn 9500 rupees per day and she has 435 rupees cost for preparations. She gets 9500 rupees as net profit per day. On that way, she is able  to earn 15,000 rupees per month. 

She sells steam hoppers every day of month without poya day and days, which she participates to the meetings. Her children have married now. So, This new machine is  very helpful  to maintain her life because she is living lonely. 

She has mentioned about how her life changed because of having the new stream hoppers machines from National Fisheries Solidarity Movement.