Amitabha Sadangi, an uncommon hero tackling poverty in India
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Meet Amitabha Sadangi, a businessman who gave up wealth and fortune to tackle irrigation and poverty in India. Amitabha Sadangi's vision is to empower the rural poor with affordable, sustainable agricultural technologies. He has been a leader in creating an Indian strategy and organization to disseminate technologies developed by International Development Enterprises (India). Foot treadle irrigation pumps and low-cost drip systems introduced by IDE (India) have helped 400,000 families double their income, a net gain of more than $40 million per year. A signature element of the IDE (India) strategy is a "supply chain" of local manufacturers, distributors and installers who earn $1 million annually. IDE (India) has sold irrigation systems to the poorest families for as little as $1, enabling them to have more food and earn more money and, thus, afford better health care and education. Learn about his story in this episode of Uncommon Heroes, funded by the Skoll Foundation. More information at www.skollfoundation.org.
Canal: People & Blogs
Añadido: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Autor: skollfoundation
Duración: 07:38
Puntuación: 5.00
Reproducciones: 7357
Etiquetas: amitabha ashoka drought entrepreneurship foundation india jeff poverty sadangi skoll social water
Comentarios
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ycats1000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
yeah we call americans obese rednecks also loli hope india can solve some of the class/poverty problems...it's like crime, you treat it like fighting a war, only don't expect to actually win-in my opinion we should be supporting india more, i feel they will overtake china-we should have supported them when pakistan was breaking away, and when china took aksai chin from the kashmiri's-such a shame
wastingtime2day (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I am an Indian living in US. I have traveled to many places and do not say that I am American because most of the world feels that Americans are lazy, obese, racist and ignorant. I have been called the N word, paki, rag head and many other racist things here. Indians do not hate Americans just the behavior of a few. Generally when they travel they are loud/do not respect the culture/customs of places they visit or so I have observed and been told. Maybe you should say you are Canadian :)
wastingtime2day (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
vjech81, one person can make a difference. It doesn't take that much. I raise money all the time for low income and uninsured people. Unfortunately I live in American and do not have close connections to nonprofits in India. It would be so simple to raise money for a hospital or to raise money to pay a doctor to visit some villages for public health education or doctors visits. Just spend 1 day out of a week and you will be amazed at how much you can do!
BeliveInTruth (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Its not misconcept,British can edit every thing,they can edit history,they can prove others religion wrong,they can loot the contry in the name of saint JESUS.They have looted INDIA like any thing and still called them self as GREAT.And the speech u want to prove wrong may have wrong dates buts its quite true.Here at present no one have dare to modify the history edited by british.May be u people have further edited the things god knows.Her still media is run by english only.
tuxmap (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It is a general misconception that this is a part of Lord McCauley's speech to British Parliament because Lord McCauley arrived in India on 10th June 1834 and returned to England in early 1838. If in 1835 he was in India then how could he have delivered a speech in the British Parliament. Let me also add that he arrived in "India by a 3 month long journey by ship so there is no chance that the Lord made a quick visit to England for delivering this speech"
warsi1000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
THANKS AMITABHA JEE.
somuchbetterthantv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Is this part of Paul Polak's organization? I just watched a video about Paul Polak and his new book Out of Poverty. Great stuff!
LokDVG (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE BRITISH: Lord McCauley in his speech of Feb 2, 1835, British Parliament: "I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar or who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values & people of such caliber, that do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless....FOR MORE INFO SEARCH IN GOOGLE
zeetu30 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The documentary is nice but the only thing is inappropriate is the voice who has given has not used a good hindi. A clear Oriya accent is very much evident.
geoffreyphilip (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Indians respect europeans. They dont know the difference between Americans and britishers etc. Hundreds of years ago they respected the british so much that the british took advantage of it and ruled india for hundreds of years.
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