Swapnabhumi Welfare Foundation

You can find us at Mita Bayen’s house over in Kalaberiar B. Park, right near the post office in R/Bishnupur. It’s a quiet area, and we like it that way. This whole thing started because we wanted to do something for the neighborhood, and it just grew into this welfare foundation over time. We don't have a corporate board or anything like that, it's just a few of us who care about the local families. We mostly focus on helping out where we can, whether that's helping someone get their papers sorted for government help or organizing a small gathering for the elderly folks who don't get out much. The office is really just a room with a couple of chairs and a lot of notebooks where we keep track of who needs what. It’s not always organized perfectly, and there’s usually a cat or two wandering around the porch. We spend a lot of our time just listening to people. Sometimes people just need a place to go when they have a problem they can't solve on their own. We try to be that place. It’s not a glamorous job, and we aren't looking to be famous or anything. We just want to make sure the people here in Bishnupur have a bit of a safety net. It’s small-scale work, but it feels right to us, and we plan to stay here for a long time yet.