Gabar Maheshwari (Gm) Foundation

We are based out in Naya Gaun on Keshu Wala Road, care of Rameshvari Devi’s place. It’s a bit of a drive from the main parts of Dehradun, but we like being a bit further out where the air is fresher and it’s not as noisy. Our foundation is a very small, family-style operation. We don't have a big board of directors or any complicated management structures. It’s just a few of us making sure everything stays on track. The house where we work is simple and doesn't have any big signs out front. We keep things very low-key. We don't have a huge budget, so we have to be careful with how we spend our money. Most of our time is spent on the phone or talking to people in the local area. Keshu Wala Road is a nice, quiet place to be. We don't get many visitors, but our door is usually open if someone wants to stop by. We don't use big, complicated words or try to sound more important than we are. We are just regular people trying to do something helpful in our own way. Sometimes the electricity goes out, and we just have to wait for it to come back before we can finish our work for the day. It’s not a perfect setup, but it works for us. We just keep going, doing what we can with the resources we have available.