Atmanirbhar Bharat! Swades Foundation creates over a thousand empowered VDCs for self-reliant villages

Atmanirbhar Bharat! Swades Foundation creates over a thousand empowered VDCs for self-reliant villages

Roughly 200 km away from Mumbai is the Ambe Shivtar village in Raigad, Maharashtra. Five years ago, farmers and community members struggled with water scarcity and limited work opportunities; but today, every house in the village has access to clean drinking water through a tap in their home. Every farmer in Ambe Shivtar is equipped … Read more

Transforming ‘Swades’: Bringing positive change in the lives of rural communities in Maharashtra

Transforming ‘Swades’: Bringing positive change in the lives of rural communities in Maharashtra

It is easy to say that rural women, tribals and other backward sections of the society should get educated and do things that fashionable philanthropists love to talk about but what about the basics? In the 2004 movie Swades, Mohan Bhargava played by Shahrukh Khan leaves his NASA job in the US to lead transformation … Read more

What goes into making a dream village, a self-reliant and sustainable community?

What goes into making a dream village, a self-reliant and sustainable community?

For creating permanent positive change, the community has to take the lead and strategize. By Mangesh Wange Read this if you agree that ground realities and native wisdom have the power to transform vision and provide solutions to some of the most difficult challenges. The successes of Sh. Anna Hazare’s Ralegaon Siddhi and Sh. Popat … Read more