Pradnya Karbhari is one of thousands of changemakers we are proud to be associated with. PC: Pradnya Karbhari Over the past ten years, thousands of people have come forward to support our mission of promoting financial inclusion and alleviating poverty. Many of these changemakers have been our pillars of support and their passion and commitment to […]
Read MoreDr Amit Samarth became the first Indian to complete the Race Across America on his maiden attempt. (PC: Amit Samarth) The way Amit Samarth describes it, participating in the Race Across America (RAAM) was an accident in his life. Samarth, who is a doctor by training as well as a serious endurance athlete from Nagpur, Maharasthra, […]
Read MoreLack of proper financial reporting practices can threaten the functioning of an organisation in the long-term Financial reporting has long been a problem plaguing many organisations in the non-profit sector. While nonprofit entities are responsible for safeguarding the rights of stakeholders, trustees and end beneficiaries, it is a fact that ignorance and a lack of […]
Read MoreUnder Swabhimaan, our program to promote financial inclusion in rural communities, we have linked the disbursal of a loan to a financial literacy and assessment module. At Rang De, our aim when implementing projects has always been to bring about long-term change in the communities we work with. A similar motive guided us when we […]
Read MoreIzzat Ghar or House of Honour. I was surprised to see a toilet painted with the sign in rural Uttar Pradesh. Izzat Ghar. I squinted to confirm what I had just glimpsed that spring afternoon in Tigai village in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh. I was there to meet the Rang De borrowers in the […]
Read MoreRajesh (front row, right) the former Chief Technology Officer at Rang De. Very few people empathize with the challenge of finding and retaining talent in the social space. Among the many constraints that organizations in the sector experience, I would rate the lack of human capital as one of the biggest. The lack of awareness that […]
Read MoreMy land Telangana The Godavari passes through it but it’s of no use to us, It keeps running away, and doesn’t stop for us We have so many rivers in Telangana And it still is like we’re in a desert The politicians they took our votes for years in the name of water For years […]
Read MoreRavi Kumar Sarthi at the food stall he set up with the help of PACE Hospitality Ravi Kumar Sarthi is the young proprietor of Devyanshi Snacks, a low-cost mobile food cart that was started under the banner of PACE Hospitality. PACE or Pratham Arora Center for Education is an institute that conducts skilling programs that […]
Read MoreWhen I walked into my office the other day, a lady clad in a red skirt walked by and I started thinking, “Isn’t that colour Manjistha? And what about that other girl, that top looks like it is done in the Shibori style.” Manjishta, Shibori, these were words that were recently added to my vocabulary […]
Read MoreVirendra Singh’s story makes for inspiring reading. It is the story of a man who, after leaving for the USA from India as a young graduate in the late 1960’s, returned to his ancestral village in rural Uttar Pradesh to set up a school for girls. We meet Sam — as Virendra Singh is called by family […]
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