22 Feb Weekly Roundup, 22.02.2015: Generating rural employment, tackling sanitation challenges and disabilities
In this week’s roundup we detail additional investment received by a Power to Empower Challenge finalist, share the outcome report from a sanitation workshop and the importance of solving disabilities in India. The winner in the Idea category of the 2013 Power to Empower Challenge – which was managed by Ennovent – Tamul Plates Marketing Pvt Ltd has raised an undisclosed amount of follow-on investment from Upaya Social Ventures and Artha Initiative to augment its operations across the North-eastern region. Assam-based Tamul Plates focuses on generating rural livelihoods by producing and marketing biodegradable dinnerware. They also provide technical support and financial...