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Interview w/ Veenaben Krishanbhai Srimali (Ragpicker) 4 Jul 2010 | 09:50 pm
Veenaben Veenaben has been a ragpicker for the last five years. Before that, she used to wash dishes and clean peoples’ houses. However, that income wasn’t sufficient. That’s when she started washing...
June 19: More Field Visits with Vegetable Vendors (On Our Own!) 28 Jun 2010 | 01:00 am
Saturday, June 19, Gomiben couldn’t accompany us. So the three of us set off to Khodiyanagar (same place where we went on day 1 of our field visits) to try and find more vegetable vendors to interview...
June 18: Day Two, More Field Visits with Vegetable Vendors 28 Jun 2010 | 12:48 am
Friday, June 18, I met Hardi who was also a student intern (and a classmate of Ankita). The three of us left for the Bahrampura branch to meet Gomiben who was going to take us to meet more vegetable v...
June 17: First Day on Field Visit 27 Jun 2010 | 08:13 pm
Thursday, June 17 was my first day of field visits in Ahmedabad. I met Pinalben at SEWA Bank’s Ellisbridge branch (Main branch) at 10:30am. There I met Ankita, a student intern whose internship projec...
Details of My Meeting with Bhavnaben about MHT 27 Jun 2010 | 07:03 pm
MHT stands for Mahila (Women) Housing Trust. Overview of various projects Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has been involved in, over the years: 1) In 1994, MHT’s first project was called ‘Parivartan’ (C...
Details of My Meeting with Palliviben about SEWA Bank 27 Jun 2010 | 06:28 pm
SEWA stands for Self-Employed Women’s Association. After all the women were tired of being harrassed and treated unfairly by these big, corporate banks – primarily because they were from urban slums,...
June 16: First Day of My Internship in Ahmedabad 27 Jun 2010 | 05:54 pm
Wednesday, June 16, was my first day of my internship in Ahmedabad. I arrived at the MHT (Mahila Housing Trust) office at 10:20am. I met Zaid, who by profession is an engineer, is the program manager ...
June 9: Field Visit to a Rural Village in Bangalore 27 Jun 2010 | 05:50 pm
Wednesday, June 9: Today, Sarah arranged a field visit for me with a SELCO Sales Representative who’s primary task is to visit sites in rural villages of Bangalore, do a site-analysis and evaluation, ...
June 7 – June 10: Internship Orientation at SELCO Solar in Bangalore 27 Jun 2010 | 05:28 pm
June 7 through June 10 was my orientation with SELCO Solar through, on behalf of whom I was to intern in Ahmedabad. Key People at SELCO: Harish Hande: Co-founder and Managing Director, SELCO Solar ...
About this blog 18 Jun 2010 | 03:45 am
During the month of June and July 2010, on behalf of SELCO Solar: a social enterprise which provides sustainable energy solutions and services to under-served households and businesses, I will be inte...
