Project Chauraha cries for help after fire engulfs slum

Last week’s fire in the slums behind DLF Phase-V, which left close to 100 families homeless and without food, also spelt doom for over hundred kids studying in a school run by Edwell Society.
Named Project Chauraha, the school used modern technology to impart education to more than 100 kids working as rag pickers in the slums. However, undeterred by the losses, the slum dwellers have approached Edwell again to restart the school as they were happy with the results the project has managed to deliver within a few months time.
“I salute their courage and their willingness to educate their kids as they have approached us again. However, we have to start all this again from scratch,” Edwell CEO Vivek Tyagi says.
“All the books and furniture have been destroyed. We are not getting any funding from any organisation. Whatever we had invested was from our own pocket,” he adds. Tyagi is now banking on support from Gurgaon samaritans to start his project in the slum again.
“I just request people to contribute in which ever way they can. We wish people or institutions, which really believe in changing lives of underprivileged, should come forward at this time of crisis and help us in bringing these families to normal life,” he adds.