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Through our determined efforts and with the kind help from our supporters we are able to bring positive change in the lives of underprivileged women and uplifting a community.

We have developed a unique working model for rural development that rests on a strong foundation of rural women’s collectives. Yet, a vast population remains unreached.

Manjari Foundation needs your support and active participation to take this model forward to new terrains and marginalised communities. Together we can help transform countless lives.

If you are an individual passionate about working with rural and underserved populations, you can participate in our work by volunteering, interning, donating or working for us. Every small contribution counts.

If you are an organisation that shares our vision, we welcome you to partner with us. Your contribution would not only bring a smile and happiness in the lives of many deprived families, but also help to play an active role in taking the country forward.

You can support and partner with Manjari Foundation in various ways. Here are few ways you can associate with us:

Volunteering & internships

Manjari Foundation is a strong believer in learning from doing. We believe that hands-on experiential learning is a continuous process which leads to holistic development of any professional.

We are thereby open to offer internships to institutions operating in the space of rural and social development and preparing future leaders.

Work with us

We are always on the lookout for people who are committed and passionate about bringing change in the lives of women and rural communities.

If you are interested in working at the grassroots & wish to become the change maker, forward your resume to us at [email protected]

Our virtual volunteering Programme

If you are committed to helping underprivileged women, but are unable to volunteer with us in person, we welcome your support through our virtual volunteering programme.

It doesn’t matter where you are located but your support is invaluable to us. You can help us in research projects, case studies, documentation, social media monitoring and so on. To become a virtual volunteer, write to us at [email protected]

Training & exposure

We believe that cross learning is very important for any organisation. Based our rich experience in community development, many individuals, students, NGOs and corporate organisations approach us to acquire first-hand exposure to our organisation. Manjari foundation is always open to extending our support for training, orientation and exposure visits at like-minded organisations.

We have organised exposure and training programmes for international agencies like Aga Khan Foundation Afghanistan, Camide Mali, Ethiopian Rural Development delegation and the University at Buffalo Suny, USA.

We have conducted many training and exposure visits for organizations like Ambuja Cement foundation, Baba Ram Dev Krishak Samiti, Brooks India, Chetna Mahila Manch, Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CINI). Development alternatives, Forest Department Rajasthan, Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Gram Swaraj Samiti, Kranti Mahila Manch, Matka Mahadev Gram Swaraj Samiti, Nav Bharat Kalyan Samiti, PRAN Bihar, Reliance Foundation, Sir Syed Trust, Shree Dev Narayan Gram Swaraj Samiti, Urmul Setu Sanasthan, Umidawar Foundation.

If you wish to know more or organise trainings, workshops and exposures visits to Manjari Foundation, please contact [email protected]

Stories of change

What people say

We are happy to collaborate with Manjari Foundation under Social Initiative Parivartan. Parivartan and Manjari share a common goal of bringing about a comprehensive and sustainable development at the grassroots. The partnership has brought about a positive change through several thematic interventions including micro-enterprise development, capacity building, health, and education. As a result of this initiative, we have seen effective community engagement and empowerment and the resident of Dholpur district (Rajasthan) continue to get benefitted. We will continue to work on similar projects to improve the lives of the less privileged through our Holistic Rural Development Programme.
Ms Nusrat Pathan, Head Corporate Social Responsibility, HDFC Bank
‘Sakhi’ means a friend in Hindi, someone who stands by in trying times and during jubilations too. 26500+ women from across 2212 SHG’s and 6 Federation have come together to be the same for each other by making Micro Finance work for them. Sakhi is a platform of rural women which aims at economic well-being, reduction in poverty, self-dependence, and development of personal and social standing in the society through establishing Micro Finance and Micro Enterprises. Hindustan Zinc Limited together with its partners Saheli Sameti and Manjari Foundation are working towards unlocking their potential and empowering them to lead as Enablers.
Mrs. Anupama Nidhi, CSR HEAD HZL
Manjari Foundation is IPE Global’s implementation partner in Dholpur, Rajasthan under the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), UK supported Project Udaan that aims at reducing teenage pregnancies. They have been instrumental in successfully piloting interventions for improving the knowledge of adolescents around sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Bari block of Dholpur. Their efforts in organizing a team to take up the issue of adolescent SRH and facilitating its implementation with great sensitivity across the block has not only been recognized by the district administration, but has also paved way for attempting a scale-up across the district. Their coordination with the community-level institutions, local government bodies and the target group has been noteworthy and exemplary.
Mr. Ashish Banerjee, IPE Global
Without larger vision and dedication of the team of MF and its leadership, both vertical and horizontal growth would have never been possible to pick up at this level in this short history of its evolution. Since I have been associated with the Sakhi project of MF funded by Hindustan Zinc for the last 2 years, the happiness and confidence seen in their faces of hundreds of women in the villages proves its vitality. I have also witnessed the UN-women funded second chance education project (SCE) being implemented in 3 districts under the guidance of PRADAN is a much worthy to reach out to those young women in the age group of 16-35 who have been deprived in their childhood with the education, skills and employment are now happily enrolled and trained to overcome these deprivations with much positive outcome. While writing all these statements, I recall each visit to the project area to witness the change processes that were taking place within those women who had never dreamed of being so empowered and self-reliant so soon in their lifetimes.
Binod Raj Dahal, Integrator- PRADAN
Our collaboration with Manjari has allowed us to better understand the approach of solidarity groups and concretely towards the empowerment of women in the commune of Logo.The participation of Indian PRCs has been beneficial because the women have appropriated easily by seeing that they are rural women Indian women who share their experiences with them. The Camide team was formed by the professionals of Manjari with enthusiasm and professionalism and is able to reproduce most of the activities. This period of collaboration opens up prospects for our two structures to replicate the model in Mali and Africa. We again thank Manjari for all the efforts made for Camide and particularly the Director Sanjay Kumar. We were able to reach more than 2,500 women and more than 180 million CFA francs of credit granted four test henhouses substantial support for the winter and market gardening campaign in terms of results thank you.
Mr. Aou Keita, Director Camide, Kayes, Mali, West Africa
Development of Corporate Citizenship (DoCC), the social internship program of SPJIMR has been collaborating with Manjari Foundation since 2015. This has been fruitful relationship for us. I want to emphasise the four following themes. First the internships give our students a different idea of leadership which also gives them a sense of requirements for the future and adds to the ethics of sociological content. The participants acquire a notion of innovation- both social and technical which gives them a systemic view of the society. Such an empirical location gives them both a sense of limits and possibilities of what they can do. Environmental consciousness and gender sensitivity constitute two critical parts of social responsibility as we define it today. The participants of the internship understand what these key concepts mean in everyday sense. Internship at Manjari adds to their imagination in this direction. We value this relationship.
Dr. Chandrika Parmar, S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research