Kotaru Sheshagiri Foundation

We are over here at Kusuma Enclave in Kovvuru, right in Flat 101. It isn't a huge office, just a couple of rooms where we keep our files and meet anyone who drops by. West Godavari gets pretty warm during the middle of the day, so we usually try to get the heavy work done early in the morning. People around here know where we are because we’ve been in this spot for a while now. The foundation is mostly just us handling local requests and trying to be useful where it makes sense. Sometimes it’s busy with three or four people talking at once, and other times it is just the sound of the ceiling fan while we sort through paperwork. We don't have fancy furniture or a big reception desk. It is just some chairs and a table where we sit down and talk. You can see the street from the window, and sometimes we see the neighbors heading to the market. We take things as they come. If someone needs help with an application or just wants to know what we are doing, they just knock. It's not a corporate setup at all. We just live and work here in the community. Most days involve a lot of phone calls and writing things down by hand. It feels right to be local like this. We don’t have a big staff, just a few of us who grew up around here and wanted to do something for the town.