Community Empowerment

Our aim is to work with farming communities to strengthen their livelihoods and create opportunities for young people to flourish.

In 2012, the Mann region experienced a crippling drought. Kerabai Sagar, an old customer of Maan Deshi Bank approached the bank to mortgage her gold. “You might loan me the money to buy fodder for my animals but how can I buy water? Who will you work with if we all are forced to migrate to cities?” she remarked. Mann Deshi set up a cattle camp. It lasted over one-and-half years and 14,000 animals and 4,000 families lived in shacks in the scorching heat.

Our Community Programme was born. Today, our programme has expanded and we work with farming communities to create localized and sustainable livelihood solutions. We hope to scale by sharing these lessons learned and best practices through partnerships with organizations across India.



To learn more about how our programmes make a difference read our Stories of Change.