Avirupa Improvement Foundation

We are located at Charuitipi, specifically at the Das Para section. You have to look for Sanjit Das, who is Biswanath Das’s son. That is where we run the Avirupa Improvement Foundation from. It’s a family-oriented kind of place. We don’t have a big corporate board or anything like that. It’s just us and some neighbors trying to make things a little better around Charuitipi. The area is mostly houses and small shops. We spend our days talking to people about what the village needs. Sometimes it’s a bit of work on the local paths or helping out with small community issues. We don’t have any fancy technology, just our hands and some basic tools and a lot of patience. People know us as the Das family foundation mostly. It’s a very local thing. We don’t try to be something we aren’t. The office is just a front room in the house where we keep our papers and meet people. It gets a bit hot in the afternoons, so we usually take a break then. We’ve lived here all our lives, so we know exactly what the problems are. We just try to fix what we can, one thing at a time. It isn't a fast process, but we are here for the long haul. That’s just how we operate around here. We hope people feel welcome to come by anytime they need a bit of help.