Case Impact

In the rural heartlands of Karor village, Haryana, a quiet revolution is unfolding. Jamuna Devi, a 35-year-old woman, once worked as a farmhand on her husband’s land, unaware of the opportunities that government schemes and collective self-help could bring her way. With no formal education and limited awareness of her rights, Jamuna’s life began to change when SoochnaPreneur Mala Yadav arrived in her village with a laptop and an internet connection.

Kalyani Tandon is a dedicated SoochnaPreneur from Mohdi village, Chhattisgarh, who is revolutionizing the way rural communities’ access digital and financial services. With agriculture being the […]

Devpura is a small, underdeveloped village in the Neemuch district, inhabited primarily by members of the Banjara community. Like many rural areas in India, most residents […]

“I was given digital training, a printer, a tablet and a lot of guidance from the DEF team. I never thought that a printer and a […]

SoochnaPreneur is a rural entrepreneurship-based project aimed at empowering youth in Indian villages to sustain their livelihood by providing information and access to government entitlements to […]

Alam Khan got an Appreciation Certificate for his constant efforts in providing Covid 19 vaccination. He helped in mobilising 8,473 citizens along with interventions of other […]

It took a lot of time and effort to make people understand. But it was a rewarding process; I knew that me providing this information to […]

Motivated by the success of the SoochnaPreneur program DEF launched the Samarth SoochnaPreneur program that aims to empower PwDs (Persons with Disabilities) to become SoochnaPreneurs. Oftentimes […]

Ramabai lives with her two boys, Sitaram and Radhe, in Madhya Pradesh. The sole breadwinner due to her husband’s untimely death, she struggles to make ends […]