Slums

Mumbai resident and hip-hop artist Kidshot is known for being able to rap 350 words a minute, earlier setting a nationwide record for it. He recalls how he discovered rap at the age of 13, and how his life changed since.

To prevent dropouts, Dharamveer Jakhar has allocated a van that provides free pick-up service. So even kids living far away have started attending the 'Apni Pathshala'.

Sharad and Savita Tewari have dedicated their time to teach slum kids. They wish to see the kids become lawyers, engineers, pilots, soldiers, journalists and so on one day and serve the country, just like their son did.

Khoj Community School was established under the Apni Shala Foundation, an organisation that works towards making life skills education accessible to children from government schools and low-income communities in Mumbai.

Priced at ₹10, the affordable, monthly, monochromatic magazine truly embodies the phrase, ‘For the people, by the people’ and reaches out to people living in slums across nine city corporation limits in Karnataka.

Via her initiative, Rouble aims to improve the living conditions of those living in slums.

Sunlight rarely enters the small, cramped rooms in slums.

They came across a building that used to be a drinking club frequented by local men, and transformed it into a library for children.

Working on grassroot change for two decades, the Mahila Housing Trust has gained a reputation for providing sustainable heat-resilient solutions for slums.

Often, traditional skills and learnings can be leveraged to generate income opportunities and livelihoods, particularly for underprivileged communities. A group of women from a South Delhi slum are doing just that through the traditional art of crocheting.