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Sudha Kothari is the founder of Chaitanya (1993)[1], an Indian non-profit working on livelihood and women & children from Pune.
Chaitanya
Chaitanya is a nonprofit trust headquartered in Khed, Pune, that has promoted women's community-based microfinance institutions since 1993, beginning with 14 self-help groups near Chas village. It went on to facilitate Grameen Mahila Swayamsiddha Sangha, Maharashtra's first SHG federation, and has since helped build more than 40 federations of self-help groups reaching over 100,000 rural women across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Chaitanya reports the following, on its own site:
- 8,500+ self-help groups organized into 40 federations owned and governed by women members
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Pune
- Founded
- 1993
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “After this success, Dr. Kothari along with Ms. Surekha Shrotriya founded 'Chaitanya' because they realised self-help groups (SHGs) can be effective instruments for women's empowerment.” — Chaitanya. Source
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