Mudimyal Dispatch
My last stop in India was Mudimyal, a village about 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Yarvaguda as the crow flies. Mudimyal has 25 self-help groups, which are "federated" into a Village Organization, a body whose membership is the head of the SHGs. The Mudimyal VO is turn federated with other VOs in its mandal, and mandal organizations are in turn federated at the district level, and district organizations at the state level.