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Empowering
Sustainable Livelihoods
Our Mission
Mantra Foundation is a not-for-profit enterprise.
Our impact interventions are aimed at building sustainable livelihoods and empowering individuals and communities to enable irreversible and lasting change.
Causes
Our Impactful Causes
Creating
Micro Entrepreneurs
Creating Opportunities
Assisting micro entrepreneurs in building sustainable businesses with support for branding, business model, marketing, and pricing strategies.
Powering to Demand Networks
Developing Sustainable Business
By connecting local producers to a network of market participants, we ensure steady income flows and strong supply chain integration.
Providing
Financial & Tech Literacy
Improving Decision-making
Providing financial and technological education to improve decision-making, separating personal and business finances for better micro-business management.
Promoting
Gender Equality
Empowering Diversity
Actively promoting women’s participation in the workforce, driving towards pay parity and building opportunities for women entrepreneurs.
Our Impact
in Action
COVID
Relief Efforts
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In Covid Relief Efforts – Over 8000 meals distributed daily from Borivali to Dharavi with the help of the BMC, Police, and other authorities.
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Regular meal deliveries to orphanages and old age homes.
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Ensured food reached the most vulnerable through rigorous quality checks.
AutoQueens Instagram :
Auto Queens
AutoQueens is working towards impactful and media-driven empowerment solutions focused on community development, upskilling, economic growth and financial support for women in the informal sector.
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Our journey began with a 5-day media literacy workshop which brought together 60 women auto drivers to foster a sense of community and expression using media tools.
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Expanding our training workshops to a 3000+ strong women-led co-operative in Chennai to take up resilient & economically sustainable livelihoods.
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A documentary short, AutoQueens, is being produced in collaboration with Omidyar Network India and Storiculture, emphasizing gender equity, economic empowerment, and self-representation.
The goal is to cultivate skilled workforces and safe working environments for working class women with our pilot initiative taking off in Tamil Nadu and extending to the states of Maharashtra & Uttar Pradesh.
The ongoing campaign is led by Sruti Lodha, and executed in partnership with Empowering Communities Through Education (ECTE)
What happens when individuals and communities take control of their narratives?
Videos
By AutoQueens
Gallery
Governing Body
Our governing body drives impact initiatives by ensuring access to resources and fostering collaborative partnerships.
R Ravi Shankar
Ravishankar Ramamurthy has deep experience in managing statutory and regulatory matters in implementation of large scale projects for telecom broadband and retail petroleum network in Tamil Nadu for Reliance Group.
This involves addressing micro-level implementation issues at ground-level and ensuring the balancing of various stakeholder interests to ensure harmony.
Join Us in Building Sustainable Livelihoods
Through these efforts, Mantra Foundation seeks to uplift individuals and foster brighter futures for families across India. Together, we can create thriving communities.