Apnalaya Inspires
Learn Reflect, and Engage
Creating dialogue on urban poverty and equitable development through a multi-dimensional lens!
For over 50 years, Apnalaya has worked alongside urban communities in Mumbai to address poverty, exclusion, and inequity. This sustained grassroots engagement has generated deep, practice-based knowledge on community health, education, livelihoods, nutrition, disability inclusion, and civic engagement—knowledge shaped by lived realities and long-term relationships.
Apnalaya Inspires is Apnalaya’s thought leadership and engagement platform that brings this experience into conversation with key stakeholder and decision makers from various different backgrounds like corporate, CSR, impact, academia, professional and experts. It is designed to move beyond programme updates to create informed dialogue on urban poverty, community-led solutions, and equitable development.
Grounded in five decades of learning, Apnalaya Inspires is grounded in deep learning and on-ground expertise, thereby sharing the knowledge and creating a credible voice contributing to how urban development is understood and practiced.
What Apnalaya Inspires Does
Apnalaya Inspires creates structured spaces for learning and engagement by curating insights from Apnalaya’s field experience, research, and publications, and translating them into accessible and meaningful formats.
Through platforms such as Apna Adda, curated offline conversations, and other enagement mediums, the initiative brings together multiple stakeholders to reflect on:
- The lived realities of urban poverty
- The role of community leadership and collectivisation
- Pathways to more inclusive and accountable urban governance
Why Engage
- Deeper insight into the thinking shaping the development sector
- Opportunities to engage beyond funding relationships
- Spaces for reflection on impact, challenges, and systemic change
- Dialogue rooted in real-world practice
