A man on a mission: Siddhesh Lokare’s drive to fund 30 rural schools

With Mission 30303, social impact creator Siddhesh Lokare hopes to raise Rs 3 crore in funding for 30 rural schools across Maharashtra

For the past three years, social impact creator Siddhesh Lokare has been on the road — not for fame, but for a cause. His camera and compassion have taken him deep into the heart of Maharashtra, where schools stand quietly forgotten. “I create content around anything that involves human-based storytelling , cause-based storytelling, initiative-based storytelling, or anything in regards to humanity in itself,” he says.

For the last month, he’s been on Mission 30303, which stands for 30 days, 30 schools, and Rs 3 crore. Lokare hopes to empower 30 government schools across the state — institutions that, as he puts it, “are doing amazing, but are also strug