We have new balwadis :)

We're thrilled to let you know that, as of this week, we have started six new balwadis!

As you know, we have been working towards implementing projects for the holistic development of slum communities. We had also decided that it would be better to focus on slums in the Andheri (E) area, which is where our office is located, as it would be easier to manage and monitor these, largely due to logistic reasons.

So, in keeping with this plan, we have started new balwadis in slums in the Marol Pipeline area, which is close to our office in Marol. Our partner in this project is an NGO called Saprem, with whom we are going to start and run more balwadis in the next few weeks. We will tell you more about these activities in the days to come. For now, we leave you with images of the first few days at our new balwadis.

As these balwadis are new, many of these kids had never been to one before. And as you can see, they weren't too happy about it!

But they slowly began to get the hang of things...

And by the end of the day, many of them even started having fun!

Don't worry, kids. Things are not as bad as they seem. We promise, you're going to love going to the balwadis!