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. In the absence of a crèche and no family members to look after her child, like so … Continue reading Women Entrepreneurs Play Larger Community Role

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. This is a common story for so many youth in Shivaji Nagar who … Continue reading Tackling School Dropouts

When Rehana Khatun went into labour with her 4th child she was alone. Her husband was working in Dubai at the time, and as migrants, none of her family members were available to help her. She immediately called up Akhtari Begam, the leader of the local Mother Support Group in Rafi Nagar, to ask for … Continue reading Mothers Supporting Mothers

Shrusha is a resident of Sanjay Nagar in Mumbai’s M East Ward. Up until last year, she would trudge her way at 12 noon to the common tap at Baiganwadi where hundreds of other people also flocked to get water for their daily needs. But water at this tap did not come for free! Shrusha … Continue reading Water for All

In order to articulate our work and impact fittingly, over the past five months, Apnalaya has been working on enhancing all communications efforts – adopting a new positioning in the process. Empowering the Urban Poor Apnalaya’s key messaging, including Vision, Mission, Programme Articulations and Strap line have been revised and now centre around the primary … Continue reading Empowering the Urban Poor

For the fourth consecutive year, Apnalaya took part in the IDBI Federal Mumbai Half Marathon, as one of the official NGO Partners for the event. On 25th August 2019, more than 50 Apnalaya staff members put their best foot forward for the girls of Shivaji Nagar, M East Ward who want to play Kabaddi – … Continue reading Apnalaya runs at IDBI Mumbai Half Marathon

World Breastfeeding week for us at Apnalaya was from 1st -7th August launched through a series of  events and workshops lined up in the community highlighting the significance of Maternal and Child health. The theme for this Breastfeeding Week was “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding”. The driving force behind the theme was Inclusion – focused on … Continue reading International Breastfeeding week