Hamara Foundation- CASE STUDY

Hamara Foundation- CASE STUDY Bottom Up

how many street children have dropped out of school in Mumbai

200,000

what problem is Hamara Foundation trying to solve

• lots of street children who have dropped out of school

• these children are often forced by police to move from any shelter they’ve made as some street children take drugs and steal

• this makes these children illiterate, live in poor conditions which leads to poor health and means they don’t have the education and skills necessary to get any form of job that could help them escape from this lifestyle and increase their wealth and status

aims of Hamara foundation

• to give disadvantaged children an education

• to increase literacy rates and working population

• to give children opportunities to aid them get a better life

what does the Hamara Foundation do

• provides social-work services to street children to help improve their health, education and job skills

• supports children going to school

• provides vocational training for 16-18 year olds in computing, motor mechanics and hospitality

how many children did the foundation support going to school during 2013-14

327

how is Hamara Foundation sustainable

• provides children with lifelong skills and education to aid Mumbai and India

• gives more people formal jobs which increases money and economic success that can then be used to help the environment and help with sustainability

• helps with future employment

positive social impacts of Hamara

• gives children an education, allowing them to escape homelessness and poverty

• gives them good health and sanitation

• gives children the skills and resources needed to get formal employment

• helps improve quality of life

negative social impact of Hamara

more people fighting for jobs, which may affect others lives and the job market

positive economic impacts of Hamara

• gives more children an education meaning they can get jobs in formal employment, which makes them more money and contributes to the economy

• helps the whole country as more people have higher paying jobs which increases disposable income and India’s GDP as a whole

• encourages more investment from foreign TNCs as there are more literate workers who write and speak English who are able to work for them

• Mumbai then has less homeless people, making the city more attractive for investors

positive environmental impacts of Hamara

• helps improve the GDP, meaning more money can be spent to help the environment

• no negative impacts on the environment

successes of Hamara Foundation

• increases education for those who need it

• free and has no monetary drawbacks

• helps children have a better quality of life and formal employment

• overall increases quality of life for many

limitations of Hamara Foundation

• only small, not city wide and so can only help a small number of the 200,000

• only helps tackle the problem of children