Helping small and local entrepreneurs build their businesses and grow to their fullest potential.
The Micro-Entrepreneurship & livelihood Development Program (MELDP) aims to support individual micro entrepreneurs and group enterprises in boosting incomes through building and enhancing entrepreneurial abilities.
Across northern Karnataka, Deshpande Foundation’s MELDP enables individuals, clusters and self-help groups to create dependable income streams, whether primary or supplementary. Our interventions include:
Over the last 13 years, more than 5000 individuals have availed of MEDP interventions. The successes and concomitant goodwill can only accelerate our progress in the years ahead.