New Tuition Centre, Durga Nagar, Kolkata

OHFI works in areas that do not receive support from other charities/NGOs, or from the gov­ern­ment. One such area is the Durga Nagar com­mu­nity in the Kolkata slums Durga Nagar has approx­i­mately 100 houses with around 500 occu­pants. There is a real desire in the com­mu­nity to provide a better future for the chil­dren. They are extremely appre­cia­tive of the Social Work home visits and support pack­ages that Lun pro­vided through the pan­demic, thanks to OHFI sup­port­ers. During this time, Lun and the team have built strong rela­tion­ships, and have the trust of the com­mu­nity, meaning that people are willing to open up about their trou­bles and their dreams for the chil­dren, and to receive advice and guidance.

The com­mu­nity asked that OHFI set up a tuition centre similar to the one in neigh­bour­ing Dum Dum. With few resources and no funding, we started teach­ing the chil­dren of Durgar Nagar on the street. For­tu­nately, we have recently found a large enough room to hire. The children’s eager­ness to learn is won­der­ful. We are working hard to get support, so we can rent the space to estab­lish a per­ma­nent Tuition center in Durga Nagar.

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