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FOR THE GREATER GOOD
Femina
|July 2020
Textile expert Falguni Prashant Khalpada’s first instinct when the pandemic struck was to protect the livelihoods of her factory workers, finds Kalwyna Rathod
True service is when you use your passion, knowledge, and skills for a cause, and Gujaratbased Falguni Prashant Khalpada, is doing exactly that. The owner of kidswear brand, Misty Creations, swapped to manufacturing face masks and distributing them for donation in rural areas to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. From March 25, when she started the initiative, till date, she has manufactured around three lakh face masks and distributed over 15,000 in rural areas. The rest were sold so as to sustain her business.
This story is from the July 2020 edition of Femina.
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