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Email : socialimpact@dasra.org

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this all about?

Finding 'social entrepreneurs' in the local community who have already started to make their mark and helping them move up to the next level. We are looking to help enable those who have the potential to have impact at scale on big social problems in the rural and urban communities in India.

Why is it needed?

There are loads of great people from the local communities working on social needs in India in all types of organisations - NGOs, government programs, local community groups - but compared to their counterparts in the West they receive ridiculously little support. We are not just referring to money (though that too). We are primarily focussed on training, mentoring and building a network that these individuals can leverage to maximize their impact. A more detailed outline of the characteristics of our target social entrepreneurs can be found in the Programme or Apply & Recommend sections.

Why us?

Why not? We think as foreigners we bring some big advantages (as well as disadvantages!). All three of the Founders have worked with spectacular social entrepreneurs elsewhere in the world, and have learned something. Over several visits in the past year, the local communities have welcomed our developing plans and will be collaborating very closely in our project. They agree that 'something is missing'. We are in a position to provide the seed capital to get this going. We are prepared to be on the ground ourselves often enough to give it the best chance of succeeding.

Why India as the first programme?

The first Social-Impact programme could be in any of ten different major cities in India. We chose Hyderabad because it has plenty of urban and rural problems that need tackling, a thriving voluntary sector setting about it, some very socially minded business people and a great breadth of academic capability which is showing interest in these matters.