Sarv Samaj Ekta Foundation

We are located at Shop Number 26 right on Novelty Road. Being in the Nai Mandi area means it’s incredibly busy starting from very early in the morning. You can hear the vegetable sellers and the carts rattling over the pavement all day long. The shop itself is pretty small so we have to be very careful about how we use the space. We have shelves all the way up to the ceiling to hold everything we need for the day. The front shutter is a bit stiff and takes two of us to pull it up sometimes. We don't have any air conditioning so we just leave the front open to get some air. It gets quite dusty with all the activity in the Mandi but we just wipe the desks down every morning. There’s a tea stall right across from us and the owner knows exactly how we like our chai. We don't have a back room so everything happens right there in the front where anyone can see us. It’s a bit like a fishbowl but we like being part of the market life. People stop by all the time just to ask for directions or to see what we are up to. We’ve been in this shop for a good few years and the neighbors are all like friends to us. It’s loud and a bit chaotic but it’s our little corner of the world. The lights are a bit dim inside.