Zarina Screwvala
Co-founderFounder of Swades Foundation
Zarina Screwvala is the co-founder of Swades Foundation[1], an Indian non-profit working on rural & agriculture, water & sanitation, education, healthcare and livelihood.
Swades Foundation
Founded by Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala, Swades Foundation works to lift rural communities out of poverty through water and sanitation, health, education and economic development. It works through 13,200+ community volunteers and reports impacting over 668,000 lives, with 250+ Swades Dream Villages.
Swades Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- 1.19 Mn people reached and 668K lives impacted
- 1.3 Mn unique interventions delivered across 5 districts and 17 blocks
- 298,855 lives given access to clean drinking water through 763 water schemes
- 24,971 cataract surgeries conducted to restore sight
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