Bengaluru Trip Overview
Ejipura slums is perhaps Bengaluru’s largest. The challenges of poor infrastructure, unchecked development, and large scale urban migration come to focus here. Poverty and associated effects are all around.
Yet, this is also a place where the human spirit triumphs over adversity.
We will stop at a small business unit run by Ganesh. Disabled and orphaned at birth in the slums, Ganesh rose to establish a unit that makes up cycled paper and plastic products from discarded materials. He only employs people who are disabled like him – giving them one of the only lifelines available.
We will follow it up with a stop at Greenland School. A low income private school where teachers and volunteers are working hard to improve student performance, and bring joy.
We will finish at the Swabhimaan Community Center and Clinic – refuge for people from their daily struggle.
A Swabhimaan volunteer will walk you through the sites. All proceeds are given back to people in the community.
Additional Info
Duration: 90 to 120 minutes
Starts: Bengaluru, India
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Eco Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ejipura slums is perhaps Bengaluru’s largest. The challenges of poor infrastructure, unchecked development, and large scale urban migration come to focus here. Poverty and associated effects are all around.
Yet, this is also a place where the human spirit triumphs over adversity.
We will stop at a small business unit run by Ganesh. Disabled and orphaned at birth in the slums, Ganesh rose to establish a unit that makes up cycled paper and plastic products from discarded materials. He only employs people who are disabled like him – giving them one of the only lifelines available.
We will follow it up with a stop at Greenland School. A low income private school where teachers and volunteers are working hard to improve student performance, and bring joy.
We will finish at the Swabhimaan Community Center and Clinic – refuge for people from their daily struggle.
A Swabhimaan volunteer will walk you through the sites. All proceeds are given back to people in the community.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Ejipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ejipura slums, perhaps Bengaluru’s largest, encompasses several neighborhoods within a few KM of the city’s central business district. This guided tour is brought to you by Swabhimaan Charitable trust – a non-profit organization involved in community development in Ejipura since 2000. At the first stop, we will stop by at a local small business which employ locals in making up cycled products from trash. The unit only employs people who are disabled.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: School Ejipura, Agram, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560007, India
Next, we will stop by at Greenland school. A low cost private school where children in the neighborhood can get quality education thanks to a group of committed teachers and volunteers. Here you can also meet Teach-for-India fellows. Former corporate lawyers, engineers and doctors, who decided to give it all up and become teachers at low income schools because they heard the higher calling.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ejipura Main Road, Ejipura Main Rd, Ejipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Finally, we will stop by at the Swabhimaan Community Center and clinic. A safe space where children and adults can stop by to use computers and the internet, a library and reading room, and take refuge from the elements. You will meet the incredible young people who run the center – who see a steady stream of misery going in and out, yet are forever hopeful and optimistic.
Duration: 30 minutes
