Jayendra Welfare Foundation

We are located on the first floor of E-1/73 in Arera Colony. It’s a quiet enough street most of the time, which is lucky for us. Jayendra Welfare Foundation has been using this space for a bit, and it’s grown on us. You have to walk up the stairs, and the light in the hallway is a bit dim, but once you get inside, it’s bright enough. We have big windows that look out over the trees in the colony. It’s mostly just a few of us here. We don’t have a big staff or a lot of bells and whistles. There is a small kitchen area where we make coffee and sometimes eat lunch together if we aren't too busy with the paperwork. Arera Colony is a nice area of Bhopal, and being here makes it easy to meet with folks who live nearby. We don’t do things in a very formal way. If someone knocks, we just tell them to come in. The furniture is a mix of things we’ve gathered over the years—some chairs match, some definitely don’t. It doesn't really matter as long as people have a place to sit. We focus on the welfare work and don't worry about having a polished image for the public. Sometimes the internet is slow, or we run out of printer ink at the wrong time, but we manage. It’s a comfortable place to work and we’re happy to be settled in this part of the city.