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Self-help group women in rural India — community at the centre of circularity

Circularity Foundation

The social-impact layer of the Circularity Network.

Farmers. Waste pickers. SHGs. Women entrepreneurs. Students. Persons with disabilities. Informal workers. Local entrepreneurs. The people who source, sort and operate share in the upside.

SAMPLE DATA

Network impact (illustrative)

Beneficiaries

18,420

Microloans deployed

$1.24M

Insurance covered

9,800

Scholarships funded

412

Jobs supported

2,180

Active communities

36
Workers in the field — Foundation programmes

Community Node · Maharashtra cluster

Why Foundation

Circularity that doesn't reach the people who run it isn't circular.

The Foundation programme is how the network shares upside back: stipends, microloans, insurance, scholarships and equity-style participation in hub revenues.

Skills training classroom

Trainings tied directly to hub job placements

Skills + dignity

A green job is only meaningful if it's a good job.

Every hub is co-located with a training pathway: sorting, QA, machine operation, traceability data entry, microfinance literacy. Trainees earn while they learn, and graduate into the supply chain.

Programs

Designed with the people we serve, not for them.

Foundation

6,200 reached · sample

Waste-Picker Dignity Program

Insurance + identity + income share

Foundation

3,800 reached · sample

Women SHG Circular Entrepreneurs

Microloans + offtake routes

Foundation

4,600 reached · sample

Farmer Biomass Cooperatives

Feedstock revenue share

Foundation

2,700 reached · sample

Circular Skills Academy

Operator + technician training

Foundation

1,120 reached · sample

Inclusive Hub Employment

Persons with disabilities + youth

Circular growth should compound for those building it.

Every hub on the network commits a share of revenue to the Foundation pool — co-owned with the communities running it. Verified impact data replaces the sample numbers above once a hub is live.

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