Meenu Vadera
FounderFounder of Azad Foundation
Meenu Vadera is the founder of Azad Foundation (2008)[1], an Indian non-profit working on livelihood and women & children from New Delhi.
Azad Foundation
Azad Foundation trains women from low-income communities in Delhi as commercial drivers, giving them a stable, dignified income in a field almost entirely closed to women. Its flagship Women on Wheels programme combines driving instruction with self-defence, financial literacy and life-skills training, and has since been adapted by partner organisations in other Indian cities.
Azad Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- 6,000+ driving licenses acquired by women since 2008
- 4,500+ women placed as professional chauffeurs and riders in the transport sector
- 5 million+ safe rides provided by Azad-trained drivers
- 6,631 young women and men trained as change-agents
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
- 2008
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “Meenu Vadera, Founder of Azad Foundation, received the Jija Bai Award given by Shivaji College, Delhi University, for her exemplary work.” — Azad Foundation. Source
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