Vimal Prakash Foundation

People around Worli know where B D D Chawl is. It’s a busy spot with a lot going on all the time. Our place, Vimal Prakash Foundation, is right there at building 121. We are on the ground floor, room 9. It’s not a big fancy office with glass doors or anything like that. Just a simple room where we sit and figure out how to help folks in the neighborhood. Some days it’s quiet, and other days the whole street seems to be outside our door. We’ve been around this part of Mumbai for a bit now. Life in the chawls is different, everyone knows everyone. We try to keep things moving. If someone needs a hand with paperwork or has a problem that needs sorting, they just walk in. There’s no need for an appointment or a formal letter. We aren't trying to change the whole world overnight. We just look at what’s happening on Shivram Seth Amrutwar Road and see what we can do. It gets a bit dusty with the traffic, and the noise from the street is always there, but it feels right being where the people are. We don't have a big team, just a few of us who grew up around here and want to give back something to the place that raised us. It’s hard work sometimes, but seeing a neighbor smile makes it okay.