This document summarizes the work of the Mithu Alur Foundation working in rural and tribal communities in Mumbai and Thane District. It outlines the process of mapping and enumerating children to identify those out of school. The findings showed 223 children, including 23 with disabilities, were out of school. Most teachers and principals, and over 50% of the community, were unaware of the Right to Education Act. Challenges included schools being far away, lack of facilities like toilets and ramps, and sparse attendance at anganwadis operating in the open. The vision is to partner with government and corporations to deliver effective social services to the 70% who remain poor and underserved.

4. Working in the rural and tribal community areas

5. A Ward, Mumbai Our districts: Urban area

6. Rural area: Pelhar, Thane District under the Mithu Alur Foundation

7. The Beginning: A mapping exercise

8. The Enumeration Process in ‘A’ ward

9. The Enumeration Process in Pelhar

10. Enumerator team

11. Debriefing after the survey………

12. Orientation for our partners

13. Disseminating the findings of the mapping

14. Discussing the challenges

15. Discussing the challenges: our researchers

17. Looking at the needs of every child

19. Challenges: schools are far away

20. Children out of school….

21. Addressing all forms of discrimination and exclusion

22. Out of government ICDS and SSA services……

23. Including the girl child

24. An anganwadi functioning in the open

25. Sparse attendance

26. School without toilets or ramps

27. Addressing the needs of the entire community

28. Need to improve basic health and sanitation facilities

29. Helping to improve existing schools

30. Some schools have accessible facilities

31. Civic awareness programme

32. Learning different skills

33. While the government focuses on the RTE... we focus on the needs of the individual child.

34. The idea is to make a beginning to reach the 70 percent who remain poor and underserved through networking with existing programmes … . to harness our shared values through partnership with the State and the Corporate sector… to deliver meaningful and effective social sector services. The Vision Statement