Ujjiwan India Micrope Foundation

Our foundation is located at the home of Kishan Kumar in the village of Darwan. The post office is Rampur 38, and we are in the Rajgarh area of Mirzapur. It is a bit of a journey to get here if you are coming from the main city, but we like the quiet of the countryside. Ujjiwan India Micrope Foundation operates out of this small space. We have the address 231001 on our mail, but mostly people just find us by asking around the village. It is a C/O arrangement, so it feels very much like a family environment. We sit together and work on the various tasks we have for the day. There is a lot of paper to sort through and people to meet. The air is fresh out here, and we can see the fields from where we sit. We don't have a big staff, just a few of us who care about the work. Most days are spent checking records and talking to the people from Darwan and the nearby villages. We use old-fashioned registers alongside our computers. It is not a high-tech setup, but it gets the job done. Sometimes we sit outside under the shade when it is too hot inside. It is a very direct way of working. We are part of the community, and being based at a local residence makes us very accessible to everyone who needs to reach us.