Nsj Naagarikseva Foundation

We’re located inside the Gogagate area of Bikaner, right at Uma Dadhich’s place. If you know Bikaner, you know how these old parts of the city are—narrow streets and a lot of history. We’ve been running the Nsj Naagarikseva Foundation from here because it’s where our roots are. We aren't a big, cold institution. It’s just us, working out of a few rooms that are usually full of files and old ledgers. We spend a lot of time talking to the citizens here about what’s going on in the city. Since we’re right in the middle of everything, we see the problems firsthand. We don't have a lot of equipment or a fancy computer system. Most of what we do is done face-to-face or over a quick phone call. Sometimes the internet is slow or the power cuts out, so we just sit on the porch and wait for things to come back on. We handle the daily tasks ourselves, from sweeping the front step to writing out reports by hand. We aren't trying to be the most famous foundation in Rajasthan. We just want to be the one that people in Gogagate can actually talk to. It’s honest work and it gets tiring, but seeing a neighbor get back on their feet makes it worth the effort. We keep it simple and just focus on being useful to the people around us.