Urban And Rural Livelihood Development Foundation

We are based in Room No. 3 at Dr. Ambedkar Chawl on P.L. Lokhande Marg. It is in the Tilak Nagar area of West Mumbai. If you know the neighborhood, you know it’s a very crowded and lively place. Mahatma Phule MGR is always full of activity. Our office is just a single room in the chawl. It’s not much to look at, just four walls, a ceiling fan, and some basic furniture we’ve picked up over the years. Urban And Rural Livelihood Development Foundation is a big name, but we are a very small operation. Most of our work happens outside on the streets or in people's homes, so the room is mostly for storing our files and having a place to sit for a few hours. There is no air conditioning, and the noise from the street comes right through the open door. We don't have a big budget for fancy things, so we use what we have. Sometimes the power goes out, and we just sit and wait or go for a walk. We know the local shopkeepers and the families living nearby. It feels like we are part of the fabric of the area. We don't have a formal way of doing things. We just listen to what people need and try to help out. It’s a bit disorganized at times, with papers everywhere, but we know where everything is. It’s a very real, very local way of working in Mumbai and we just take it day by day.