Archive for 'Evaluations'

I’d like to share a story today; a story that is apt for Women’s Day. The story goes like this. A few years ago, at a community meeting for women, someone asked the group, “As a woman, what is that one skill you have that can contribute economically?” A few women responded. one said “making agarbattis” and another said ‘making Read more …

Rang De team member Sushmita Banda and social investor Aravind Deivendran are just back from a field trip to Palakkad and have brought back inspiring tales of our incredible borrowers from Kerala. Presenting the photo stories of the trip!

Every month, we touch base with our borrowers to see how they are doing and if our loans have been helpful or not. With the rising number of people we are investing in, we need more and more support from you. Click on the image above for more details on how you can help. Do Read more …

By Anju Lavina, Rang De Team Being born to Social Workers and subsequently working in the social sector means that I have had many opportunities to meet people in the field, interact with them on a one-one basis and understand their stories and inevitably become a part of their lives. Some of these stories are Read more …

By Shantaram, Rang De Mumbai Chapter Member “Its time for scheduling a field trip”, was the subject of the mail, that made me quickly drop my work and take notice . It was Diksha from the Rang De Chennai Office, planning the regular evaluation field trips to one of the Rang De field partners. Rang Read more …

By Smita Ram, Rang De Team Goat rearing and Vegetable vending are perhaps two of the most often quoted examples on how the poor earn huge returns. It is always said that a poor vegetable vendor can earn upto 20% return on their investment everyday. Similar percentages are quoted for goat rearing. Isn’t it time Read more …

As part of the Rang De loan process, we evaluate our borrowers on a periodic basis to see how the Rang De loan is helping the borrower. You can read some of our evaluation stories on RangDe.Org You can get notified if one of the borrowers you have invested in have been evaluated by following Read more …

By Diksha Belwal, Rang De Team The much talked about ‘Conversations’ are here at last for you to listen and experience. While it all sounds simple, let me tell you, there is a lot of work that goes behind making sure that these conversations take place at the particular time and is a pleasure to Read more …

By Smita Ram, Rang De Team Grace, passion, strength, sacrifice, resilience ..I run short of words when I try and describe what a woman embodies. Personally, it disturbs me to see women being denied opportunities based on gender. I have seen and experienced us women losing out on opportunities – be it economic, social, physical Read more …

By Smita Ram, Rang De Team With all the recent euphoria about field trips, the Rang De field trip recently reached a different league altogether. It was hard to contain our excitement when we received a phone call from none other than Ms. Waheeda Rehman. She had read about us on a recent story in Read more …