Editorial
Kate Cochran
Economic Justice Requires More than Money Alone

Money alone might improve extreme poverty; economic justice requires more. When Upaya looks for companies that create dignified jobs for the poor, we evaluate questions of reliability, safety, and fundamental respect in addition to the economic benefits.

Economic Justice Requires More than Money Alone
Upaya Updates
Upaya
Severe Second Wave of Covid Cases in India

We at Upaya are devastated by the severe second wave of Covid cases sweeping across India, and remain steadfastly committed to supporting our team, our entrepreneurs, and their jobholders during these uncertain times.

Upaya Social Ventures and S3IDF Invest in India Waste Management Company, Green worms

Upaya Social Ventures and The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF) are pleased to announce their latest investments in Green Worms Eco Solutions (Green Worms), a waste management startup based in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India.

Upaya Social Ventures and Yunus Social Business Join Forces for the 2022 Accelerator Program to Support Early-Stage Businesses in India

Upaya Social Ventures (Upaya) and Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru (YSB) today announced the launch of their 2022 Accelerator Program to help small and growing businesses in India scale and create jobs to lift people out of extreme poverty.

GramHeet: Empowering Farmers to Feed the World with Pride

GramHeet: Empowering Farmers to Feed the World with Pride

Having grown up in a smallholder farming family in a poor agriculture region of India, Shweta Thakare was all too familiar with the plight of the farmers there. That’s why she became determined to help farmers increase their incomes and bring dignity to their work.

Upaya Social Ventures Invests in Resham Sutra to Create Dignified Jobs in India's Silk Supply Chain

Upaya Social Ventures announce its latest investment in Resham Sutra, a New Delhi-based company that manufactures and distributes solar-powered silk spinning machines to rural women in India. Resham Sutra, which translates to “silk thread,” is aimed at replacing labor-intensive silk yarn production methods with reeling machines to eliminate hard labor and double a reeler’s productivity and income.

Alignment: Using Your Values to Invest in Social Change | A webinar series with Oiko Credit

Upaya CEO, Kate Cochran, joined Oikocredit CEO, Matt Eldridge and COO, Sara Shoff, to discuss how to use your values to invest in social change. Kate shared how she got into the impact investing space and what she believes is the secret to Upaya’s success since its founding 10 years ago.

The webinar premiered on Wednesday, July 28 and is available to watch on YouTube.

What does it take to keep going?

What does it take to keep going?

Ten years ago this month, we were three founders of a fledgling non-profit organization. None of us had ever started nor run a non-profit. None of us had formal fundraising experience, nor were we independently wealthy. But what we did have was deep, lived experience in building programs for extremely poor communities.

Taxshe: Creating Safe Spaces for Women and Children by Empowering Women to Drive in India

Taxshe: Creating Safe Spaces for Women and Children by Empowering Women to Drive in India

Taxshe is an all-woman cab service aiming to create jobs for thousands of women from marginalized communities in India. Founded by ex-investment banker, Vandana Suri, Taxshe trains women to drive and runs a cab service exclusively for women and children.

Measuring Impact isn’t Easy, but We’ve Done it Since Day One: Meet Upaya’s IM Dream Team

Measuring Impact isn’t Easy, but We’ve Done it Since Day One: Meet Upaya’s IM Dream Team

Measuring impact has been at Upaya’s core since our founding, and by 2012, we had already surveyed 100 jobholders. Today, that number is over 1,300 surveys and growing. We now have a dedicated team working in measuring and managing our Impact. Meet Upaya’s IM team!

Upaya Social Ventures is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

 
 
 

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