Bathou Ark Foundation

Bathou Ark Foundation is located at House Number 8 on Bye Lane 4 in Swaraj Nagar. We’re just off SD Path, up in the Upper Hengrabari area near the Forest Gate. It’s a bit of a climb to get up here, but the view of the trees is nice. We started this whole thing in our own home because we didn't see the point in renting a fancy office when we had enough space here. It’s a quiet neighborhood, which is good for when we need to concentrate on our work. We have a lot of stuff stored in the front room, so it’s a bit of a squeeze when we have visitors over. We don't have a big board of directors or anything like that. It’s just us and a couple of volunteers from the lane. We spend our time working on local projects and trying to help out where we can. We don't have a lot of money for big events, so we keep things small and simple. Sometimes we sit on the porch in the evening and talk about what we want to do next. It’s not a high-pressure environment at all. We just do what we can when we have the resources available. People in Swaraj Nagar know us, and we like that personal connection. We don't need a big sign or a fancy website. Word of mouth works fine for us. To be honest, we’re just regular people trying to do something decent for our local town.