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Anne Ferrer

Ms. Anne Ferrer

  • 2015
  • Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Development & Welfare of Women And Children
Ms. Anne Ferrer had a life mission to serve the poorest of the poor in India. She along with her husband identified Ananthapuram, a chronic drought prone district in Andhra Pradesh as their Karmabhoomi. They set up the Rural Development Trust (RDT) in Ananthpuram, in 1969. Over four decades Smt. Ferrer has been working for the integrated development of marginalized sections belonging to the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward castes in 3,291 villages in Andhra Pradesh and Tela .... Read More