Praveen Singh, CEO, Apnalaya, speaks to Midday about Apnalaya’s event Yeh Bhi Hain Mumbai Meri Jaan. “We wish to tell all stakeholders, let us at least recognise these communities, treat them with respect and acknowledge their challenges. The idea is to make the city more inclusive towards more than half of its population.”
Apnalaya’s Poornima Nair speaks to Times of India on how inflation is making the poor eat worse or less. She says that when a family hits a financial crisis, the first thing that is impacted is food intake. “Not only have we seen low food intake among under-privileged communities, but this also results in low nutritional intake, leading to chronic malnutrition that can lead to low birth weight, stunted growth, anemia among children and adolescents.”
The majority of the M East Ward’s population, about 84.9%, lives in densely-packed informal settlements. This Citizen Matters article talks about how urban heat is one of climate change’s most potent effects in Mumbai, and the M East Ward bears the brunt of it.
As the Covid-19 crisis continues to rage across India, Apnalaya CEO Arun Kumar was interviewed by ABC Australia on May 6, 2021, where he spoke about the impact it has had on the urban poor and marginalised.
At this critical juncture, corporates and CSR must commit to a long-term system-correction approach. Ensuring universal entitlements is the first step. In this CSR Mandate article, Arun Kumar and Diksha Shriyan discuss the need for a robust public sphere today.
More than a month before the Indian government imposed a national lockdown, Shivaji Nagar residents, supported by the NGO Apnalaya, adopted their own measures to counter the pandemic. This Scroll article will tell you more.
Bristlecone Labs speaks to Raghunandan Hegde – Director, Impact and Malathy Madathilezham – Director, Education & Livelihoods about how Apnalaya has had to pivot their operations to safeguard the right to survival for the community they serve in Mumbai.
The Times of India article highlights how non-profits are pushing through hard times, as donors – both individuals and corporates – diverted their funds to Covid relief and PM Cares fund, while the FCRA bill in September imposed stiff conditions on bigger organisations and stopped their transfer to smaller ones.
Apnalaya CEO Arun Kumar speaks to BBC about how a sweeping lockdown dealt a devastating blow to the country’s migrant workers. Millions of them – all in informal jobs – suddenly found themselves without work and running out of money.
In Mumbai, everyday 45,000 people are being vaccinated against Covid-19. BMC aims to vaccinate more than one lakh people in a day. However, more than half of the city’s population lives in slums. Arun Kumar talks to NDTV about why door-to-door vaccination is the need of the hour.
