WIN Foundation is a non-profit organization, established in US and with main operations in India. WIN Foundation funds, supports and facilitates innovation in the areas of (i) Water and Sanitation (WatSan) and (ii) Maternal and Child Health (MCH), primarily in India and apply it in empowering and improving the lives of underprivileged sections in a sustainable manner

1. Experiences in Innovations at
Grass Roots
with Partners and Communities
WIN Foundation
June 2023

2. Non-profit Foundation
Our vision is:
• Empowered poor and lower middle class
communities across India, adopting
innovations, in
• Water and Sanitation (WATSAN)
• Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
• to improve their quality of life and work,
in a sustainable and scalable manner
Our actions
• Address important aspects of Climate
Change, including intersectionality
 Be a catalyst for scaling and replication
WIN Foundation
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3. Impact
550 +
Nutri-gardeners
Our Reach - In a Span of 4.5 years
220 +
4000 +
9 MCM
450+

4. Institutions
– R&D, Students
Grass root level NGO’s
- Innovative mindset
- Community connect
Social Impact Startups –
Innovative products and
business models
Communities - Village /
Tribal / Urban Slums
• Actions / Interventions
• Innovations
• Empowerment
• Skilling /
Microentrepreneurship
Sustainable and Scalable
Outcomes
WIN Foundation
 Programs, Projects
 Collaborations with
multiple stakeholder
 Innovations and
Skilling Support
 Outcome monitoring
Others Stakeholders
- Government
- Social Impact Ecosystem
- Startup Ecosystem
WIN Multi-stakeholder Approach

5. WIN Nutrition Projects
Objectives:
Reduce malnutrition among
the community, with focus on
• Pregnant and lactating
mothers,
• Infant children
• Adolescent girls
Build on strong synergy
between Water and Health

6. Mother and Child
Nutrition
1. Women Nutripreneurs Projects –
- Ahmedabad City: 4 suburbs: Vasna,
Danilimda, Behrampura and Juhapura
- Sanand Taluka, Ahmedabad District: 5 Villages
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- 220+ Women Nutripreneurs,
- 6 Central Kitchens
2. Women Nutri-garden Projects -
- Rapar taluka , Kutch Dist
- Abdasa & Mandvi Taluka, Kutch Dist.
- 550+ Nutrigarderners
3. Field Health Worker training
4. Community Nutrition awareness
programs
5. Nutrition – Tech Start-up Support

7. Mother and Child Nutrition - Innovation Support
Startups:
• Vertical Garden – coco-ponics: Hydrogreens, Bangalore
• Vegetables, herbs, fodder grown vertically without soil
• Subjee Cooler: Rukart, Mumbai – for longer shelf life of
perishables
• Moringa composites and other natural nutrition
concentrates: Dhriti Bio Solutions, Bangalore
• Moringa composite protein isolate, recipes
• Child growth tracking and health screening: iHealth
Tech- MAAP AI, Delhi (Malnutrition Assessment and
Action Plan)
• An Intelligent AI App for comprehensive tracking of Health
and Growth for infants and young children
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8. Focus for Coming Years – Scale up and Catalyze
Nutri-preneurs
• Additional centres,
• Accelerator phase in current centres to accelerate nutri-preneurs’ business
Nutri-Gardens – mainly in rural areas
• Cover more areas using synergy with Water conservation projects
• Technical and Nutrition expertise: e.g. seasonal plants, family nutrition security
• Implement Micro-entrepreneurship model with Nutri-gardeners in rural context
Health-prenuers
• Microentrepreneurship model for certified front line health workers
• Provide last mile health and wellness support on sustainable basis
Technology / innovation / Knowledge support
• IIT Bombay, IIT Gandhinagar, Treewalk-Ahmedabad, Nirma University
• Open Skilling programs through our SkillingtoWIN.org platform and WIN youtube
channel
Saath – Juhapura New Center
WIN visit – Abdasa Nutrigarden area
Nutrition guidance from IIT Gandhinagar

9. 1st and 2nd Years:
• Institution and Capacity Building:
• “Bhujal Jankar” (men and women)
• Farmers & Women Groups
• Water Security Plan (WSP)
• for 19 villages:
• Supply Side:
• Recharge structures, Water bodies enhancement
• Demand Side:
• Farming – best practices
• Knowledge Management:
• lab, well monitoring
WATSAN (Water and Sanitation)
Prof.Subbu training - Spectrophotometer
Village Water Security Plan

10. 3rd and 4th Years :
• Geographical Extension
• 231 villages
• Other talukas in Kutch and Other hydrogeological regions:
• Dwarka, Gandhinagar-Mehsana and Surendranagar-Morbi Dist.
• Atal Bhujal Yojana – capacity building for 200+ villages
• Technology
• Smart farming and water use by Small & Marginal Farmers
• Centre of Excellence for training at multiple levels
• Future Direction:
• Grassroot Leadership and Competency  Replication, Scaling
• Demand side mgmt. for marginal farmers  Impact and Sustainability
• Science  Society
• Synergy: Water  Nutrition
*** WIN as catalyst for scalability and collaboration ***
WATSAN (Water and Sanitation)
Demand Side Intervention

11. WATSAN: Technologies – Agri, water and Agri-Mktg
• Smart farming with optimized water use
• Soil and Water quality test kits, By FFEM, Bangalore,
through ACT, Samerth
• Soil Moisture measurement, Village level Weather
monitoring: By Soilsens, IIT Bombay / Pune based, through
ACT
• Borewell level sensor, By CFar Technologies, Pune, through
ACT
• Intelligent Irrigation Control, By Intech Harness, Pune
through ACT
• Integrated Smart Farming Data System: Cloud based,
advisory for marginal farmers using data on soil, water,
weather and crop status, including above data. By Soilsens
• Modular Cold chain for farm produce
• By Tan90 Solutions, and By Rukart
* Usable by communities in field *
* Take Science to Society * Take Society to Science *

12. Summary
• Huge scale up potential due to aspiration of large population, including women, to shape
their own destiny
• Expand into new areas, with existing partners and explore with new partners.
• Share experiences, success stories and learning materials
• WIN online skilling platform – https://skillingtowin.org
• WIN YouTube channel
• Support innovations from startups / institutions with market trial and adoption
• Empowerment at grassroots
• Strong focus on gender equity and empowerment for greater momentum in both water and nutrition
projects
• Microentrepreneurship and Local leadership development focus
• Success and Role models from community, particularly by women are biggest motivators.
• WIN as catalyst

13. Students Support Programs
2022 & 2023 – Nirma University – School of Design
i. PGWM-Watsan: Developed promotional materials – Watsan.
(Branding, stories, brochure, videos etc.)
ii. Nutrition project: Developing unified brand / promotional /
communication strategy and materials for our nutri-preneurs.
2023 - CEPT University: 3 interns selected by WIN for PGWM, Kutch
areas and RRWH in Ahmedabad.
2022 – IITGn: Project to develop AI /ML technologies for Child growth
measurement
2023 – IITGn: 2 interns working at IITGN Drone/Robotics lab to evolve
smart farming and water practice using drones.
Students of Premier
Institutions
Exposure to work or study
closely on WIN Projects
Communities
and NGO Partners
- Get New-generation
perspectives, technology and
management inputs

15. Website and Social Media Links
Contact us at :
Email: info@winfoundations.org
Website: https://winfoundations.org