| Our Centres Our community centres are the heart of the organization. Located in 13 disadvantaged neighborhoods across greater Mumbai, these community centres provide residents with comprehensive critical support that is focused on supporting at-risk children and empowering women. Through our community centres, we provide residents with access to quality education, shelter, nutritious meals, access to health services, and the means to better lives through vocational and job skills training.
Ambernath
In Ambernath, we have a total of three centres in the slum areas of Halyacha Pada, Kailash Nagar and Ambedkar Nagar. Services at these centres include programmes for senior citizens, mahila mandal (women’s self help groups), non-formal education classes for school dropouts, and tuition classes for school children. We also organize medical camps and doctor’s visits, and run crèche programmes for 120 children from the community.
In addition to these centres, we also run a Tailoring Unit in Ambernath, which offers tailoring classes for women and girls.
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| DHARAVI |
Services at our Dharavi Centre include programmes for senior citizens, mahila mandal (women’s self help groups), non-formal education classes for school dropouts, a crèche programme, medical camps, and doctor’s visits. We also run vocational classes in beautician training, mehendi, jewellery making, and tailoring.
Our Family Counseling Centre, Dhorwada Centre, and Sharanam Centre for Girls are also located in Dharavi (see below).
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| Dharavi– Family Counseling Centre |
| Our Family Counseling Centre provides information and advice to women facing significant challenges in their lives, including marital problems and family disputes. |
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| DHARAVI – Sharanam Centre for Girls |
| Our flagship residential shelter is the Sharanam Centre for Girls a small permanent residence for girls that opened its doors to children in need in 2000. Sharanam provides a permanent loving home for 30 girls who were formerly homeless, destitute, neglected or abandoned. |
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| DHARAVI – Dhorwada Centre |
| Services at our Dhorwada Centre include programmes for senior citizens, mahila mandal (women’s self help groups), non-formal education classes for school dropouts, medical camps, doctor’s visits, and a crèche programme. |
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| GRANT ROAD |
| Services at our Grant Road Centre, located in Durgadevi, include a day care centre for street boys and vocational training classes. |
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| JOGESHWARI |
| Services at our Jogeshwari Centre include programmes for senior citizens, mahila mandal (women’s self help groups), tuition (tutoring) classes for school children, medical camps, doctor’s visits, a crèche (daycare) programme and tailoring classes. |
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| KURLA |
| Our centre at Thakiyawadi, Kurla West, provides a range or services including programmes for senior citizens, mahila mandal (women’s self help groups), a crèche programme, medical camps, doctor’s visits, and mehendi classes. Seventy-five members of the community benefit from these services. |
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| MATUNGA – Shalom Centre |
Located in the Matunga Labour Camp, our Shalom Centre sponsors 110 differently-abled children, including children who are hearing impaired, physically handicapped, and mentally challenged. We provide these children with school fees, uniforms, school supplies, computer classes, supplemental nutrition and health care. We also organize a range of recreational activities for these children, including dance, musical theatre, summer camps and other outings.
The Shalom Centre also runs a balwadi (daycare centre) for the children of working mothers. At present, 60 children benefit from this service. |
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| REAY ROAD |
Our Reay Road Centre operates a crèche and pre-school programme for the children of working mothers in the community. More than 70 children use this service daily. The Centre also offers a number of health programmes across the community, including health and social awareness classes, polio and immunization camps, and hypertension and diabetes camps. In addition to these services, we run programmes for senior citizens and a mahila mandal (women’s self help group).
We also operate a Shelter Home for Boys at Reay Road (see below). |
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| REAY ROAD – Shelter Home for Boys |
| Our Shelter Home for street boys cares for 20 boys, providing them with food, clothing, education and medical attention. |
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| THANE |
Our Thane Centre is comprised of three community centres located in the Thane slum areas of Kailash Nagar, Indira Nagar, and Boudha Vihar. Services at these centres include programmes for senior citizens, non-formal education classes, crèche programmes, mahila mandal (women’s self-help groups), women’s development training, medical camps, doctor’s visits, and tuition classes for school children.
We also run a residential shelter for children. The Thane Home for Children was established in 2007 in response to the growing need for a safe residential environment for the children of commercial sex workers. Today, 30 young girls and boys reside in this home. |
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| VIRAR – Rural Project |
Our Virar Centre is located in Boyapada, a small village in Virar. Many Adivasis (tribal people) live in this rural area, and a large portion of the population is impoverished and illiterate. The area is under-developed, lacking basic amenities such as schools, hospitals, clean water, electricity and proper roads.
At our Virar Centre, we operate a crèche programme for 80 children. We provide these children with supplemental nutrition, health care, and educational support. We also offer services for senior citizens, including health and social awareness programmes, hypertension and diabetes camps, and cataract operations, and we provide non-formal education for school dropouts. |
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