Ms. Anitha Thomas ias a founder member of the Evergreen Self-Help Group, Nayarambalam. She was an ordinary housewife living with her husband and daughter. Since she was the secretary of that SHG initially, she regularly attended all the meetings and programmes of the ESSS. It helped her lot to improve her leadership and communication skill. ESSS appointed her as the village volunteer of that area in December 2010, and it was the turning point in her life. By seeing her enthusiasm, leadership, and involvement in social activities, she was selected as a candidate of the 7th ward in Nayarambalam Panchayat by a political party in the LSG elections of 2015 and subsequently got elected as PRI Member. Now she is very active in all the developmental initiatives Nayarambalam Panchayat. She believes that it’s the training and opportunities provided by ESSS helped her to develop like a responsible individual in society.