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Bhawani Shankar 'Kusum'
FounderFounder of Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS)
Bhawani Shankar 'Kusum' is the founder of Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS) (1984)[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, environment and women & children from Jaipur.
Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS)
Gram Bharati Samiti works in villages around Jaipur, Rajasthan on watershed management, tree plantation and ecological restoration, women's self-help groups, and rural education, aiming to build a humane, ecologically balanced society.
Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS) reports the following, on its own site:
- 83,000+ trees planted at Gandhivan since 1991
- 780 Self Help Groups formed across 266 villages
- 8,000+ women empowered
- 700+ leprosy patients made self-reliant
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