Swades Foundation Drives Rural Transformation Through Mindset Change

Quick Summary:

• Swades Foundation, founded by Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala in 2012, aims to bring enduring social change to rural India with a focus on empowering communities.
• the foundation operates across 1,300 villages in Maharashtra, targeting mindset shifts and grassroots empowerment through Village Progress committees (vdcs).
• Major milestones include the creation of ‘Dream Villages,’ community ownership of development initiatives,and tangible socio-economic impact.
• Key interventions span four sectors:

– Water & Sanitation: Over 1,500 hamlets made open defecation free; nearly 35,000 household toilets; taps installed in almost 48,000 homes benefiting over 2.3 lakh people.
– Health: Training for over 2,600 community health workers; vision screenings for over 6.7 lakh people; treatment initiatives that include cataract surgeries and cardiac operations for children.
– Education: Infrastructure upgrades benefiting around 1.5 lakh students; scholarships issued to nearly 9,400 students alongside school solarization programs in over a hundred schools.
– Livelihoods: Projects such as goat rearing and dairy financed to double incomes within three years impacting thousands of households economically (e.g.,Rs20k income boost annually per household engaged via goat assets)
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