Samarthan

Honoured with the Free The Slaves 2016 award, Samarthan is setting the standard for successful and sustainable anti-slavery initiatives through its innovation, hard work and dedication to fight bonded labour in the most marginalised of Indian villages.

The government offers subsidies of Rs. 12,000 each to rural households for constructing toilets. But for one NGO that helps villagers use this scheme, the process of filing applications and tracking construction was proving to be difficult. Until an app called mDemand came along.