The Rural Literacy and Health Project provides real hope and solutions for organising and empowering local people in education, slum development, health education, treatment, counselling and women's projects for 30,000 of the most disadvantaged people living in and around Mysore.
The projects that we visited were:
The slum we visted had 118 recently constructed houses with access to clean water and sanitation, while 99% of the children attend the on-site primary school.
A girl's home a boy's home
The Asha Kirana boy's home and Asha Bhavala girl's home provide shelter, nutritius food, clothing, non-formal education, health checks, vocational training and a safe, supportive environment for children previously living on the streets.