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We dont need poor solutions for poor people | Chetna Sinha | TEDxSanFrancisco

In her very personal and touching story, Chetna speaks about how she got involved in a community of powerful women who tought her how to be strong against a system. She was able to build a finance system for indian women that completely changed the narrative on the perception of self esteem, society with woman and being a female entrepreneur in India. An economist, farmer, and activist, Chetna Sinha works for social change in some of the poorest and most drought-stricken areas of rural India. She was a part of the Gandhian movement & is the founder and president of the Mann Deshi Mahila Bank, a micro-enterprise development bank. The Bank’s clients are low-income women with incomes averaging INR 40 (USD 1.00) per day. The Bank currently has seven branches, over 200,000 clients, and conducts 10,000 transactions daily. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx