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Dr.Medha Purao Samant

Set up the organisation

Founder of Annapurna Pariwar

Dr.Medha Purao Samant is the set up the organisation of Annapurna Pariwar (1993)[1], an Indian non-profit working on livelihood and women & children from Pune.

Annapurna Pariwar

Annapurna Pariwar, built on the Annapurna Mahila Mandal founded in 1975, is a group of organisations offering micro-finance, micro-insurance, child development, old-age security and working women's hostels to poor families across roughly 1,800 slum pockets in Pune and Mumbai.

Annapurna Pariwar reports the following, on its own site:

  • 6 developmental organisations working across Pune and Mumbai since 1993, covering 1,800 slum pockets
Organisations
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Based in
Pune
Founded
1993
Press
1

References

  1. [1] 18 years later the daughter of Padmashree Prematai Purao and Com. Dada Purao, Dr.Medha Purao Samant set up Annapurna Pariwar in Pune in 1993.” — Annapurna Pariwar. Source

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