Samagra

Samagra is a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supported award winning social enterprise start-up with a singular mission to provide essential services like sanitation, financial inclusion, health and child services to the urban poor
Samagra Sanitation is the first for-profit social enterprise in India that is dedicated to providing access to clean, safe, and reliable community toilet facilities for the urban slum-dwelling poor. What makes the model innovative is the seamless bundling of other value-added services along with the toilet block:
Financial services (including savings accounts)
Access to digital goods (mobile phone recharge, TV subscription services, Bill Payment Services)
Access to life improving Products and Services (Assisted E-commerce)

Samagra effectively partners with municipal agencies and leverages existing community toilet infrastructure to create a community center and a “one stop shop” for slum residents. The model has proven its ability to attract and retain users to the toilet facility, promote hygienic behavior, and still achieve profitability.