Rohini Valvatkar & Sneha Lokhande

COMMUNITY MOBILISATION

Rohini and Sneha have taken the momentous step of moving past caste-barriers which dominate rural parts of the country. Coming from the so-called “Other Backward Classes”, they integrated all other communities to spear-head environmental preservation by advocating the use of CFL bulbs to conserve energy. They have been the pioneers in cattle-breeding and sale of dairy products, which led the entire village to follow suit. The Swades Foundation aims at creating an India devoid of cultural barriers and women like Rohini & Sneha are the torch bearers of this movement.