Community Leadership

Bhumi has identified several residents from Rasoolpura as Leadership Fellows. They are paid a stipend to learn leadership skills at Bhumi and apply them in their community. In the process, each Leadership Fellow builds improves their community, and experiences great personal transformation.

With the support of Bhumi, the Leadership Fellows are managing a thriving transformation centre in Rasoolpura. They have been at the forefront of mobilizing and engaging over 700 members of their community to support their initiatives.

Our Leadership Fellows

Sandhya Rani
Resident of Rasoolpura. Bhumi Leadership Fellow since 2008.

Sandhya’s first contact with Bhumi was at the Freedom Under Construction event in Rasoolpura. She was inspired by the idea of developing her community and joined Bhumi as a Leadership Fellow. To read about Sandhya's work at Bhumi and her story, click here

About Bhumi

Bhumi is a not-for-profit centre established in Hyderabad with the mission to develop leaders in all strata of society. We empower citizens with the attitudes and skills they require to rise above their circumstances and lead their communities towards sustainable development.
Bhumi works in Rasoolpura slum with citizen leaders in 5 domains

1. Education
2. Livelihood
3. Health care
4. Water, Environment & Sanitation
5. Governance and Democracy

Mission

• Establish schools and institutions of higher education that develop people’s capacity to understand their environment and act responsibly to shape their future.
• Offer leadership development platforms for individuals to experience transformation and growth, while creating an improved quality of life for their communities.
• Bring together ecologies of social entrepreneurs and leaders to collaborate towards large scale sustainable transformation.
• To create models of community well-being through action research.