Archive for 'Travel'

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!

2012 has been an eventful year for Rang De. Presenting our Top 10 moments of the year! Rang De presented Leadership Expert and globally-acclaimed author Robin Sharma in Bangalore in February 2012. Robin Sharma presented ‘Winning Leadership Lessons’ to build a great organization in his seminar, ‘Lead Without a Title’ The Rang De team met Prof. Muhammad Yunus at Read more …

It’s exciting times for us here at Rang De. Some pretty amazing things have been happening in the last few weeks and we wanted to share them! We’re thrilled to announce that Rang De was featured on CNN IBN’s series India Positive as their Diwali Special! India Positive is a series that showcases stories of courage, 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 Sreekanth Raghunath, Rang De Bangalore Chapter The Bangalore chapter members took off on a field trip to interact with artisans who have been funded through Rang De.It turned out to be much more than a field trip. Here is how the idea germinated and how it can result in something that can support the 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 This was the theme for the Khemka Social Entrepreneurship forum that was held at ISB Hyderabad on 11th and 12th of November. It included newbies such as Rang De as well as established social enterprises. The format of the event was so designed that it went beyond speeches and Read more …

By Aishwarya Mishra, Rang De Hyderabad Chapter On a bright sunny afternoon we reached Yemmiganur, a bustling town at a distance of 70 kms from Kurnool. Our team consisted of 9 Rang De Chapter Members and after a mostly comfortable 5 hour ride all of us were raring to start the borrower evaluations. We had Read more …

By Diksha Belwal, Rang De Team My journey to Orissa started with excitement. I reached Chennai Egmore railway station as instructed by the travel agent. Only after reaching did I realize that my train was departing from Chennai Central (a few kilometers from Chennai Egmore). I got to know that at around 10:15pm and my Read more …