Dr. Gladys Sumithra
Founder-trusteeFounder of Development Focus
Dr. Gladys Sumithra is the founder-trustee of Development Focus[1], an Indian non-profit working on education and livelihood from Bengaluru.
Development Focus
Development Focus is a Bengaluru-based non-profit established in 2006 that promotes relevant, quality education for marginalised communities by building the capacity of civil-society actors such as schools, self-help groups and grassroots organisations. It works across children's education and literacy, disability, micro-finance through self-help groups, rural development and vocational training. Past programming has included a decade-long basic-education initiative across very poor districts of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, largely serving tribal communities.
Development Focus reports the following, on its own site:
- Nearly 2,500 children and 1,600 youth supported across 60 tribal villages in Ranchi, Gumla and Simdega districts, Jharkhand through the Anchal and HOPE projects, 2024-25
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- Based in
- Bengaluru
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References
- [1] “Dr. Gladys Sumithra Treasurer & Founder Trustee” — Development Focus. Source
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