Rashmi Bharti
Rashmi Bharti
ABOUT SELLER
Rashmi Bharti is the founder of Avani-Kumaon, a non-profit based in the foothills of the Himalaya. Together with Rajnish Jain, Rashmi arrived in the region over twenty years ago. She was smitten by the gorgeous landscapes, but was concerned with the difficult life conditions of the villagers she lived with. The lack of livelihood options had pushed men to migrate to cities and women and children were left to handle all the difficult agricultural and domestic tasks. Rashmi and Rajnish have ever since strived to create sustainable livelihood options for the villagers, using locally appropriate technologies such as solar panels and a pine-needle gasifier. Their moto is to leave the world a little bit more beautiful then they found it.
