LABOUR FRIENDS OF INDIA

Rajesh is the Co-Chair of the Labour Friends of India (LFIN).

The Labour Friends of India is a community of party members, supporters and political office holders which aspires to strengthen the relationship between British Indians and the Labour Party. The Labour Friends of India also strives to fortify the age-old relationship between the UK and India, the world’s largest democracy and the world’s oldest. The Labour Friends of India invites you to join our efforts.

Established in 1999, it is the oldest parliamentary group focussed on India.

OXFAM

Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) is an innovative model that provides support to entrepreneurs in some of the world’s poorest countries to help them create and build viable, sustainable businesses. The resulting jobs and associated opportunities provide benefits for both the employees and the wider communities around them, lifting some of the world’s poorest families out of poverty.

Rajesh Agrawal is Chair of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Board.

The Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) adopts an innovative approach to building sustainable businesses, combining elements of private equity and rural economic development. We invest where others don’t go – and where the potential for social impact is highest.

With your support, Oxfam provides an intelligent mix of loans and grants to small and medium enterprises throughout the developing world, helping people to work their way out of poverty. But it’s not just about providing capital. It’s about identifying business opportunities, and helping entrepreneurs develop and implement viable business plans. It’s a pioneering, business-based approach to development.

EDP is unique and it works. It combines Oxfam’s international presence and experience with the finance and expertise of our supporters and partners. It creates wealth and drives change in poor communities. Crucially, it helps many thousands of people – especially women – to work their way out of poverty.