Ume Foundation

Ume Foundation is located at 55 Purna Ch Mitra Lane in Kolkata. We are based out of the space shared with Shipra Banerjee. It’s a local lane that has a lot of history to it. Working from a place like this feels very personal. It’s not like those offices you see in big business districts. Here, you can hear the sounds of the street and the people living nearby. We’ve set up our workspace to be as functional as possible. It’s a bit tight when we have a lot of people over, but it works for us. We spend a lot of our time just managing the day-to-day requirements of the foundation. There’s always some paperwork to fill out or a phone call to make. It’s just a small group of us putting in the hours. We don't have a big sign outside or anything that screams for attention. Most people just know us as the group working from the Purna Ch Mitra Lane address. It’s a simple, honest way to operate. We like the fact that we’re right in the middle of a residential neighborhood. It keeps us connected to the real world. We aren't doing anything fancy, just the basic work that needs to be done to keep things moving forward. We just focus on the task at hand and try to be as practical as possible with our limited resources.