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Neelima Khetan, chief executive of grassroots organization Seva Mandir, spoke Monday on its efforts to alleviate poverty.
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Neelima Khetan, chief executive of grassroots organization Seva Mandir, spoke Monday on its efforts to alleviate poverty.

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Neelima Khetan, chief executive of Seva Mandir, spoke to about 30 members of the Yale community at an Ezra Stiles Master’s Tea on Monday, during which she talked about her institution’s unconventional methods of service. The organization places a unique emphasis on empowering the communities it helps, encouraging villages to build up funds through their own savings and then decide democratically how to use the money, she said.

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