Sandhya's Story
Sandhya still regrets not completing her formal education. Every time she sees an engineer she is reminded of what she might have been if she had received support.
She showed an ability to rise above her situation even as a school girl. She taught tuition classes, offered stitching services and swept the streets of Sindhi colony to make ends meet. Despite her inability to complete school, she signed up as a Vidya volunteer to guide younger children to a life better than hers.
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.
In the past 2 years, Sandhya has been a part of the Self Help Groups started by Raziya, another Leadership Fellow. She worked with volunteers from CAST to identify and rehabilitate disabled children. She has organised Spoken English and Computer Science classes for the local children.
Currently, she works alongside the Bhumi team in training health workers and conducting the Children’s Parliament.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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
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
- Education
- Livelihood
- Health care
- Water, Environment & Sanitation
- Governance and Democracy
- 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.
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