News from Mumbai Action

Regular followers of our blog know that Mumbai Action, a website developed by Mumbai Smiles, is an information and advocacy platform for Mumbai's development sector. For those who haven't yet checked out all the wonderful stories documented on this site, here's a sneak peek:

Armed with a brush, painting a future
Vasant Solanki has been fending for himself since the age of 12. He lived off Mumbai’s streets, passed the time playing cricket and studied in a school for the handicapped, until a social worker found him. Read more.

 Have an idea? Your options are Unltd
Unltd India, a launch pad for social entrepreneurs, finds people with the ideas and skills for projects aimed at social change and gives them an eco-system of seed funding, networking and coaching and guidance. Read more.

Building blocks for the future
Mumbai Mobile Creches gives kids of migrant construction a chance at a good education. While the parents are at work all day, the children come to the centre, where they get food, shelter and, most importantly, learning. Read more.

A Mirakle worker for the deaf
Mirakle Couriers is doing what no one else thought do. The company employs the services of only deaf adults for its Mumbai-based courier operations, marrying enterprise and social cause. Read more.

Travel made meaningful

Grassroutes promotes responsible rural tourism, by developing villages as tourist destinations. For Rs 1,000 a night, city-dwellers in want of a relaxing weekend, a taste of rural life and a fresh environment to stay in, travel to villages where they are taken care of and housed by locals. Read more.

‘There’s no vision for Mumbai’
Her children would rather she indulged in gentle hobbies like other 65-year-olds, but Nayana Kathpalia is too busy trying to save Mumbai’s diminishing public spaces. She runs Citispace, a citizens’ forum that works to protect public spaces. Read more.

A necessary Point of View

Formed with the focus of giving women a voice, Point of View works on various creative media projects that draw the spotlight to women's issues. Read more. 

'My dream: education for all children'
Shaheen Mistri traded in the American dream to pursue a dream of her own – to provide an excellent education to all children. She started The Akanksha Foundation, which provides formal and non-formal education for underprivileged children. Read more.