Jacqueline Villaneuve is a public speaker, social entrepreneur, designer, single mother, consultant, sexual assault survivor and advocate. And now, a Rural Change Maker. The Rural Ontario Institute announced the 2020 cohort of the Rural Change Makers pilot project and Villaneuve, of Hamner, is one of them. Eighteen participants, aged 18 to 29, will have the …
Babita Gupta and Shivani Agarwal refused to give up on their dreams and employees during the COVID-19 lockdown. This is how they survived and thrived. What do you do when an unexpected pandemic and lockdown shutter your business? You adapt, evolve and, sometimes, have a stroke of good fortune. Like these two women did. SHIVANI …
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Musa Mapheto’s projects stem from the love of her community. One of those projects has seen her delve into the biodiesel space. It is because of this that she has also been featured in a six-part series featured on Red Bull TV called Walk a Mile in My Shoes. The show focuses on social entrepreneurs …
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A group of 20 women from poorer sections trained at Nava Bharat Women Empowerment Centre at Paloncha have so far manufactured around 37, 000 face masks and nearly 150 PPE kits Kothagudem: A group of women at Paloncha have earned around Rs 2.5 lakh through face masks manufacturing taking advantage of coronavirus lockdown. A group …
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She hopes to pursue a career in air defense systems. The United States Military Academy at West Point will make history Saturday when it graduates the first Sikh woman to successfully complete the path to a four-year degree. Second Lt. Anmol Narang, is a second-generation immigrant born and raised in Roswell, Georgia. She did a …
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