Five Indian-American women based out of Dallas, Texas, have founded an organization to empower and enable less fortunate female entrepreneurs worldwide. Called Mahila, or Hindi for "Woman," the group consists of several prominent women who have banded together to bring lasting and meaningful change through entrepreneurship throughout the world. By empowering only a woman, this gives her the skills to empower her family- exponentially helping many different people through one.
Choosing philanthropy over charity, Mahila's founders say that philanthropy gives the less fortunate the skills needed to better their lives, instead of simply giving them a short term solution for chronic problems. By allowing poor women in India to better themselves, Indian women will have many more opportunities both at home and in the workforce, and will help to decrease the problem of chronic poverty and financial exclusion.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”