Episode 13: A Conversation with Meera Satpathy, Founder and Chairperson, Sukarya

01/10/24 • 42 min

In September of 2023 I had the honor of visiting Sukarya, one of our organizational members, in Delhi and Gurugram, India. For over 25 years Sukarya has been providing services at the truly grassroots level in the slums and villages where populations are forgotten, ignored, or are simply too difficult to reach.

Sukarya's holistic programs include healthcare, nutrition, gender equality, women empowerment, and education. I was able to visit several of these programs and experienced first-hand this amazing and crucial work. You can read about Sukarya on their website at Sukarya.org.

I was also able to sit and have an inciteful and personal conversation with Sukarya’s Founder and Chairperson, Meera Satpathy. Meera created Sukarya because she saw how the slum populations were not receiving the support they needed, especially healthcare. Since the day it was founded in 1998, Sukarya's programs have helped more than 7 million people in over 760 villages and 190 slums.

Meera is a force of nature. She is full of charisma, wisdom, and insightfulness. I know you will enjoy this episode of GlobalWA Goalmakers.

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Meera is a force of nature. She is full of charisma, wisdom, and insightfulness. I know you will enjoy this episode of GlobalWA Goalmakers.

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Episode 12: A Conversation with Anjali Makhija, Trustee and Chief Executive Officer at S.M. Sehgal Foundation

I had the great pleasure of being able to visit the Sehgal Foundation headquarters in Gurugram, India and speak with Anjali Makhija, Trustee and CEO. In this episode we learn more about the incredible work the Sehgal Foundation is doing in rural India. The way they are empowering women and improving small-holder farming are standards that all nonprofits working in these sectors can follow and learn by.

I was also able to make a couple of site visits while I was there, and it was truly enlightening and inspirational. Nothing like seeing the work first-hand! You can read about my experience and view a couple videos on our website - visit www.globalwa.org and simply search for "Sehgal Foundation."

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Episode 14: A Conversation with Atul Tandon, CEO of Opportunity International

For this episode, we have the privilege of sharing a wonderful conversation with Atul Tandon, CEO of Opportunity International, interviewed by Kristen Dailey, the Executive Director of Global Washington.

Opportunity International is a global nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to build their businesses, children to go to school, farmers to feed their communities, and families to end the cycle of generational poverty. For nearly 50 years, they have developed innovative programs that use financial services, training, and support to address some of the greatest challenges facing those living in poverty around the world.

Atul is a vast well of knowledge. He talks extensively about the need for, and interdependency of, multiple services and programs to uplift communities out of poverty.

He covers how the ripple effect of empowering one person can empower a whole community, the future of work including the use of technology, reasons to celebrate our progress on the sustainable development goals, and, well, I’ll stop there... so much to ingest ...

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