S3IDF Supports Livelihood Strengthening for Waste Workers
S3IDF forms a new partnership with Thamate and SKKS to engage with manual scavengers to create an institutional support window for alternate livelihoods through micro-enterprises as well as to explore sanitation-based livelihood by dignifying it with small scale infrastructure investments.
S3IDF Embarks in a New Organizational Direction
S3IDF-US embarks on a feasibility study to explore building an impact-first fund to assist the growth of social enterprises in India
A Rememberance of S3IDF Co-Founder TL Shanker
S3IDF mourns the passing of the great TL Shanker, and honors his memory by continuing the work in which he was so involved. Read More
S3IDF’s Approach Recognized by the NSKFDC
S3IDF empaneled as “waste workers handholding institution” by NSKFDC
S3IDF Signs MOU with MOTHER
S3IDF begins a partnership with the Multipurpose Organization for Training Health Education and Rehabilitation (MOTHER)
Advisory Services Work with Nexus
S3IDF sub-contracts to Nexus under the Rockefeller Brothers Fund study to explore Driving Investments towards Sustainable Production of and Affordable Access to Clean Energy Solutions in Myanmar and Cambodia
S3IDF named top incubator in Entrepreneur India
S3IDF is named among the top 25 incubators in Entrepreneur India’s August 2017 issue listing of “100 brilliant start-up incubators”
S3IDF Improves the Financial Literacy Skills of Waste Workers
S3IDF partners with the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) to develop a series of financial literacy videos and training to enhance the business capacity of waste workers
S3IDF Celebrates 15 Years Of Operations In India
S3IDF celebrates 15 years of operations in India. During which time we worked in 12 states, helped 29 financial institutions create more inclusive lending practices, and the average loan from a financial institution to one of our entrepreneurs is roughly
1st Formal Bank Loan from Vijaya Bank to Waste Workers
S3IDF and our partners work with a group of 9 other waste workers running Dry Waste Collection Centres in Bangalore to facilitate the loans they need to open overdraft accounts using waste as collateral. One of our partners, a local
