Mankhurd

43-year-old Syed Nasser Hussain was heading home after closing his plumbing material store, when he saw a ‘well-dressed’ young girl preparing to jump into the creek from the Vashi bridge.

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.

Firoz Berly is a volunteer who was connected to the Sahaara Charitable Trust, an NGO that specializes in working with street children, to coach football to a group of 14 children. His surprise made their day, and in turn, taught us all what it means to be selfless.

Employing and empowering the women from Mumbai's Mankhurd, Chindi makes home decor products and accessories using waste fabric from design houses and sewing units.

R and R, as described in its very own words “is a new centre for artistic and intellectual activity located amid the “Resettlement and Rehabilitation” colonies of Lallubhai Compound in Mumbai.

Mumbai's Doorstep School is naming roads, streets, alleys in chawls after school achievers among the slum kids, to motivate them to excel in studies.