Vashi Parivaar Foundation

Our spot is in Ganesh Compound, right off Dapole Road. If you’ve ever been through Bhiwandi, you know how the traffic is on the Anjur-Mankoli stretch. It’s mostly trucks and dust, but once you get inside A/6, it’s a bit quieter. We’ve been around here for a while now, just doing our thing as a small foundation. The name Vashi Parivaar comes from how we like to treat the people who come in. It’s more like a family gathering than a workplace. We don’t have those glass partitions or expensive chairs. Most of the furniture is stuff we’ve had for years. Sometimes the power goes out in the afternoons, so we sit by the door where there is a bit of a breeze. It’s a busy neighborhood with a lot of warehouses around us, so there is always noise from the loading and unloading. We usually have a pot of tea ready for whoever walks in. It’s not a fancy setup, just a couple of rooms where we handle our paperwork and meet with the locals. Everyone knows everyone on this road. If you get lost looking for us, just ask the guys at the tea stall near Gundavali. They’ll point you toward the compound. We don't really do big meetings; we just talk over the desk and try to help out where it's needed in the community. It’s just us trying to stay organized in the middle of all the Bhiwandi bustle and keeping things moving forward.