{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftuckeredoutwithami.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-desai-foundation-gp6Fesk_","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Desai Foundation with Megha Desai","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d6b2cebc-5cbc-463a-93c9-14351e2c313a/f2c94d90-add7-49c7-916a-abd45461eb9e/md-2.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"The India Covid crisis has devastated the country and has affected many of us living in the US. I chat with Megha Desai, President of The Desai Foundation, about their efforts to help thousands in need and what we can do to support the cause.\n\nWe also talk about the Asani Sanitary Napkin Program, which trains women in rural India to manufacture and distribute sanitary products. We talk about why there has been such a negative stigma in our culture when it comes to women’s menstrual cycles and how we need to help change the conversation. \n\nThe Desai Foundation was born in 1997 as a family foundation started by Samir A. Desai and Nilima Desai. The Foundation had one simple goal: to serve the communities that had served them. After ten years of successful partnerships, the Desai Foundation found itself getting more and more involved in its partner organizations.\n\nThe Desai Foundation is now a robust public and programmatic organization working to empower women and children through health and livelihood in India and the U.S. The Foundation believes that empowering local community members to run projects leads to the best results. And that restoring dignity is at the center of helping people to dream beyond their circumstances.\n\nwww.thedesaifoundation.org"}