Zarina and Ronnie Screwvala's efforts to lift people out of poverty are showing results in Raigad and Nashik in Maharashtra. Now, they want to take the Swades model to other regions
Zarina and Ronnie Screwvala celebrated Republic Day differently this year.
They visited a handful of villages like Hompada, Nandurkipada, Shenvad and Garudeshwar in Nashik, Maharashtra. Their non-profit, Swades Foundation, has been providing grassroots interventions related to education, skilling, health care, water security and livelihoods to the people in these villages since 2019. The meeting on January 26 was for Zarina and Ronnie to have conversations with the community to see the progress of these programmes, and identify what more needs to be done.
(This story appears in the 08 March, 2024 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)