About The Founder

Ronnie & Zarina Screwvala

We believe that India will never achieve its true growth story until the rural sector of the country is empowered to make choices and transform their own lives. With this thought, we initiated SHARE (Society to Heal Aid Restore Educate) 15 years ago. Today SHARE has metamorphosed into the Swades Foundation with a mission to empower 1 million lives in 5-6 years through 360-degree development across Health, Education, Water & Sanitation and Economic Development. Our aim is to create a model for development that can be replicated at scale across India and perhaps the world. Show More

Summary

We believe that India will never achieve its true growth story until the rural sector of the country is empowered to make choices and transform their own lives. With this thought, we initiated SHARE (Society to Heal Aid Restore Educate) 15 years ago. Today SHARE has metamorphosed into the Swades Foundation with a mission to empower 1 million lives in 5-6 years through 360-degree development across Health, Education, Water & Sanitation and Economic Development. Our aim is to create a model for development that can be replicated at scale across India and perhaps the world.

While we, with our 300+ strong team and 1000+ volunteers at the Swades Foundation, strive hard to find and execute solutions to the multiple challenges Rural India faces, we’d be happier if we don’t achive our goal alone. We believe in a collaborative model and work with multiple partners which include NGOs, other foundations, the government and corporates. We at the Swades Foundation are committed and raring to go. We aren’t naïve about the task we’ve set but are determined to create communities that will have the ability to contribute substantially to India’s growth story.

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