IAS Sandeep Nanduri from Tamil Nadu helped the transgender community start dairy farming for a sustainable livelihood amid the global pandemic.
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The last time The Better India spoke to Thoothukudi District Collector Sandeep Nanduri, he was busy monitoring the activities of Cafe Able run by differently-abled people. A few days after launching the cafe in August last year, he told us why one-time donations are not going to change things.
“There is a dire need to create sustainable livelihoods instead of giving neglected sections of society false promises or money. The cafe will provide stable incomes and a life of dignity to the differently-abled,” he said. Read the entire story here.
A year later and Sandeep’s ideology of helping the needy has not changed one bit. Four months ago, he set up a milk cooperative society in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, which is run by 30…