5 Rural Indian Women Entrepreneurs Changing the Picture of India


3. Annie George

Founder of BEDROC

Her organization helps build disaster-resilient, sustainable coastal communities.  Disaster management, Participatory Water Resource Management, and Coastal Vulnerability Mapping are some of the key areas of operations of BEDROC. The main objective of this 2008 registered trust is to leverage experiences of the 2004 Asian tsunami to create community-based, community-owned mechanisms for enhanced disaster response, mitigation and preparedness for coastal communities, as reported at the BEDROC website.