ARMMAN has entered into a partnership with Rippleworks, a California-based foundation which provides flexible capital to high-impact ventures to help power their scale. Their support will enable us to strengthen and scale existing interventions, and pilot innovations in the maternal and child health space. We are delighted to welcome Rippleworks as a partner as we
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On 15th September 2020, ARMMAN completed 12 years of striving towards the vision of empowering mothers and enabling healthy children. Team members from different cities got together on a video call to celebrate this milestone and share their experiences. Older members of the ARMMAN family recounted anecdotes about flooded offices and misadventures on field visits
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ARMMAN has entered into a partnership with LGT Venture Philanthropy Foundation (LGT VP), Liechtenstein. Their support will enable us to strengthen existing programs and pilot interventions, ultimately improving maternal and child health outcomes in India. LGT VP is a charitable foundation that implements the venture philanthropy engagements of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and LGT
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ARMMAN has been awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 for its exceptional work in the maternal and child health space in India. The Skoll Awards are presented annually to select organizations with the ability to drive sustained change on the world’s most pressing problems and carries a monetary investment of USD 1.5 million,
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Dr. Aparna Hegde spoke about ARMMAN’s journey to scale at Devex’s Prescription for Progress event in San Francisco on 20th February, 2020. She stressed on the importance of using a touch model along with technology when scaling up projects and organisations. Dr. Hegde was on a panel with other health entrepreneurs such as Dr. Barry
Read More...ARMMAN is partnering with AI for Social Good at Google India and IIT Madras to explore how we can use Artificial Intelligence to predict the risk of expectant mothers dropping out of healthcare programs such as mMitra, to improve targeted interventions and increase positive healthcare outcomes for mothers and babies. We are excited and look
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Our founder Dr. Aparna Hegde has been selected as a TED Fellow! (See the announcement here) She will be joining a class of 20 change-makers from around the world to deliver a talk on the main TED stage this April in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2009, the TED Fellows program brings together young innovators from around the world
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ARMMAN is one of 79 social organisations short-listed for the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020! You can see the formal announcement here. Every year, The Skoll Foundation invests $1.5 million in 4 to 6 organisations that address some of the world’s most pressing issues, show the ability to drive large-scale, sustained change and are capable
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Dr. Aparna Hegde has been awarded the ‘Fellowship of Sri Lankan Menopause Society’ for her work in developing Urogynecology in Sri Lanka. She is only the second international doctor to be given the award after Professor Mary Ann Lumdsen, the past President of the International Menopause Society. The citation was read out in front of
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