3 Women leaders among 115 people selected as FB Global Community Leaders
New Delhi sources stated that Adhunika Prakash, who founded non-profit Breastfeeding Support for Indian Moms in Pune, was on Monday selected among five global leaders for $1 million award each by Facebook as part of its Community Leadership Program. Meanwhile apart from Prakash, Chetana Misra who founded Mompreneurs India and Tamanna Dhamija who created Baby Destination were awarded $50,000 in fellowship each, as the social media giant selected community leaders in residence, fellows and youth participants from over 6,000 applicants across the world.
Furthermore selected for Facebook’s in residence award, Breastfeeding Support for Indian Moms is a peer to peer support group primarily for breastfeeding parents and the group has more than 80,000 people from across the country. Moreover she aims to work with hospitals in India to help train and support parents, particularly in rural areas. Meanwhile Mumbai based Mompreneurs India is a community of like-minded women, allowing them to network, share knowledge and contacts, and benefit from partnerships to start a business and take it online.
Facebook said “While speaking with the community leaders, we discovered
that lack of training, support and funds are common obstacles to having the
kind of positive impact on their communities that these leaders envision”. Facebook
also noted “At select points over the next year, the participants will spend time
at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park (California), working with the team to
help develop their community initiatives”.