Urd Foundation

We are located at number 94 in Thendral Nagar, which is in the Kagithapattarai area of Vellore. If you’ve ever been to Vellore, you know it gets pretty hot, so our ceiling fans are almost always on the highest setting. The office is basically a small house that we’ve converted into a workspace. It feels very local. We have a couple of desks shoved into the main room and a lot of plastic chairs for visitors. People from the surrounding streets often stop by to say hello or ask what we are working on. We try to keep things organized, but with so many papers and folders everywhere, it can get a bit cluttered. It’s not a fancy corporate environment by any means. We do our own cleaning and make our own tea in the back. Most of the day is spent on the phone or typing away on a couple of old computers. The neighborhood is fairly residential, so we hear kids playing outside and the vegetable vendors calling out in the street. It’s a very normal, everyday kind of place. We don't have any big slogans or shiny signs. We just show up every morning and try to handle whatever tasks are on the list for that day. It’s hard work sometimes, especially when the power goes out, but we just keep at it because this is our community and we live here too.