The CSR Journal Excellence Awards 2022 were given last night in Mumbai for doing excellent work in the social sector. During a grand program
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde honored the winners by giving them trophies.
Sanjay Kumar of Manjari Foundation was honored for working at the grassroots level in rural areas. Sanjay Kumar, who belongs to a very simple family, comes from a place like Usmanpur in Delhi. After completing his schooling in Delhi, Sanjay did agricultural engineering from Ludhiana and was selected for the Ford Foundation fellowship in the US.
Where 20 years ago, he had many opportunities of salary of lakhs of rupees in America, but Sanjay had already decided in his mind that he had to do something for the society and he left the dazzling world of America and settled in a small village like Dholpur in Rajasthan. Chosen the place as his workplace and started working at the grassroots level by establishing Manjari Foundation.
Currently www.manjarifoundation.in is working for the empowerment of women in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Manjari Foundation’s vision is “Empowering women and making them stand at the forefront” Manjari Foundation has impacted 89203 rural households by promoting 6277 Self Help Groups 22 Federations/FPOs in 850 villages of 13 districts. Apart from economic empowerment, Manjari 4422 women have been reached in 100 villages and 7 locations through women empowerment and Entrepreneurship Program on Financial, Digital and Entrepreneurship. to reach these
We created a cadre of 200 master trainers to ensure sustainability of the women and the project. Under the Internet Saathi program Sahyog is ensuring deeper penetration of internet and smart phones in rural areas with Tata Trusts and Google India to improve digital awareness and leverage the power of internet.
Manjari Foundation is a member of NITI Aayog for the sub-group on women empowerment and security under SDG 5.
A “Sakhi Project” implemented by Manjari Foundation has received several prestigious awards:
• The CSR Universe Award 2022
• Social Impact leadership award 2021
• The Grant Thornton SABERA 2019 award.
• Best CSR initiative for women at @ ASSOCHAM4India
• CSR Excellence Award 2018 under Women Empowerment Category
• Dainik Jagran CSR award 2018
• CSR leadership award 2018