Community and access

Access, Up Close

Learning what financial inclusion looks like in daily life, beyond policy and theory.

520+ volunteer hours

May 2024 to December 2025

Raigarh Sahyog Samiti

Volunteer

520+

documented volunteer hours

Worked with an organisation focused on rural financial inclusion, supporting farmers and underserved households in navigating access to credit and government linked programmes.

  • 01Assisted farmers with microloan access.
  • 02Coordinated with Self Help Groups and local facilitators.
  • 03Helped identify beneficiaries for NABARD related programmes, including Wadi Development.
  • 04Supported household documentation processes.
  • 05Contributed to financial literacy awareness for rural youth and farmers.
  • 06Helped self help groups with bookkeeping and supported micro loan applications for women in surrounding villages.

An experience that brought questions of access, information, and trust into focus.

Where it started · Age 10

HelpAge India fundraiser

When HelpAge India visited my school in Grade 5, each student was given one donation sheet to take home. I photocopied five more and went door to door across my colony alone, sixteen flats in my own building, then the next two blocks and more than fifteen bungalows, after the friend who was meant to come with me backed out.