The Struggle of the Urban Poor
For the urban poor living in an overcrowded slum, the daily struggle for survival is tough. They often have no access to water, toilets, electricity, streetlights and paved lanes. Add limited access to healthcare, poor educational facilities and limited skills to pursue a livelihood, and each person becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty.
Apnalaya helps individuals gain access to basic needs, necessary for survival, including basic services (such as water, electricity, sanitation), healthcare, education and opportunities for livelihood.
Mothers Supporting Mothers
Tackling School Dropouts
When Sakina Abdul Gaffar Shaikh was in 9th standard, she dropped out of school. Her father was suffering from severe osteoporosis, and with little money to survive as it was, every penny had to be diverted to help him with his treatment.
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This is a common story for so many youth in Shivaji Nagar who are forced out of school due to a lack of money, or even worse, under pressure from families to undergo child marriage.
Women Entrepreneurs in Shivaji Nagar
When Shenaz got the opportunity to work as house-help, she had no option but to tie her one and a half year old daughter Fatima to the bedpost and lock her in the house to go to work.
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In the absence of a crèche and no family members to look after her child, like so many others in M East Ward, Shenaz’s livelihood potential was significantly compromised when she had a child. Apnalaya came to know of this situation during one of the home visits.
Mothers Supporting Mothers
Tackling School Dropouts
When Sakina Abdul Gaffar Shaikh was in 9th standard, she dropped out of school. Her father was suffering from severe osteoporosis, and with little money to survive as it was, every penny had to be diverted to help him with his treatment.
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This is a common story for so many youth in Shivaji Nagar who are forced out of school due to a lack of money, or even worse, under pressure from families to undergo child marriage.
Women Entrepreneurs in Shivaji Nagar
When Shenaz got the opportunity to work as house-help, she had no option but to tie her one and a half year old daughter Fatima to the bedpost and lock her in the house to go to work.
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In the absence of a crèche and no family members to look after her child, like so many others in M East Ward, Shenaz’s livelihood potential was significantly compromised when she had a child. Apnalaya came to know of this situation during one of the home visits.