Swaarka Foundation

Erandwane is mostly quiet on our street. Our office is in a bungalow, number 1/5A, inside the H.A.E Society. It is an older building and doesn’t look like a typical business place. The front gate has a bit of rust on the hinges so it makes a noise when you open it in the morning. We have a small porch where we leave our shoes before going inside. The rooms are just regular living spaces that we put desks into. There is a large tree in the yard that drops a lot of leaves, so someone is usually out there with a broom. We have some old wooden chairs for when people come by to talk. In the small kitchen area, we keep a stove for making tea throughout the day. The windows are large but the grills are thick. We can see the neighbors walking their dogs from where we sit. It feels more like a home than a workplace, which is how we like it. We don't have a big fancy sign, just a small board near the doorbell. Sometimes the electricity goes out in the afternoon, so we just open the windows for some light. It is just a handful of us working here on the daily paperwork. We don't have any corporate protocols. We just come in, sit at our mismatched tables, and get through the list of things to do for the Swaarka Foundation.