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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 [...]

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 [...]

Often, it is the of lack of awareness of a problem or the perceived inability to do something about it that makes us inert. Let’s take the example of India Against Corruption – Each one of us who had experienced corruption directly or indirectly participated in the movement to make our voices heard. The media [...]

By Diksha Belwal, Rang De Team In this go green era, use of plastic material still doesn’t sound out of place. Does it? We are still at a very nascent stage of avoiding plastic bottles and carry bags altogether. It is so much a part of our day to day life -be it for shopping [...]

By Aishwarya Mishra, Rang De Hyderabad Chapter Afridi: God, Please help me come back in batting form and beat India God: Son, I’m helpless bcoz I’m the opening batsman for India..! ———————————————————- Ravi Shastri: Afridi, How will Pakistan stop Sachin from making his 100th ton Afridi: We have thought about it a lot. Our strategy [...]

The recent microfinance crisis in Andhra Pradesh is a grim reminder that scale minus thought leadership combined with knee jerk reactions can be disastrous. The result being that a phenomenon that could positively impact the lives of many low income households across India has come to a screeching halt in the state. A summary of [...]

By Smita Ram, Rang De Team In the last couple of weeks, we have heard of more than a couple of suicides by borrowers of microfinance institutions in Andhra Pradesh.  While the media is known to exaggerate and take a lop sided view of stories, let us not deny the fact that there is a [...]

By Preena Deepak, Rang De Team The weekly post on Rang De’s volunteer editors has so far been a special experience in knowing that Social Investors from all walks of life believe in making a change in someone’s life through non monetary contributions as well. It has proved that much more than money is needed [...]

By Preena Deepak, Rang De Team With newer and better profiles being uploaded on the Rang De site each day, it is time again to take a peek behind the screen to know the minds behind these creative recounts. The editing team has been enriched by contributions from ardent Social Investors who volunteer their time [...]

By Preena Deepak, Rang De Team The month of July saw a buzz in Rang De’s vivacious volunteer community. It all began with an ad in the Newsletter calling for volunteers to edit content for borrower profiling. The immediate and quick responses from our Social Investors overwhelmed and charged up team Rang De and from [...]