Mumbai Slum Kids

Mumbai today received a retrofitted autorickshaw which will bring oxygen treatment to the doorstep of severely unwell COVID-19 patients in its populous slums, where density has hindered the fight against the coronavirus disease.

Rekha Parkhe, 15, dreams big. She wants to become a doctor and is ready to put in the hard work that will help her realise her ambitions. But education is a luxury her parents can barely afford.

At 7 every morning, around 200 students, some as young as six, spend two minutes wading through knee-high sewage and slush to get to school. Human waste washes around their ankles; they try to swat flies away.

He claims to have seen extremities of wealth and poverty in India and overwhelmed by the latter, Australian pacer Brett Lee has opened a music studio for slum children in Mumbai.

Rubina's father tried to sell her in a bid to escape the Mumbai slums, claims a British newspaper.

Mumbai today received a retrofitted autorickshaw which will bring oxygen treatment to the doorstep of severely unwell COVID-19 patients in its populous slums, where density has hindered the fight against the coronavirus disease.

Rekha Parkhe, 15, dreams big. She wants to become a doctor and is ready to put in the hard work that will help her realise her ambitions. But education is a luxury her parents can barely afford.

At 7 every morning, around 200 students, some as young as six, spend two minutes wading through knee-high sewage and slush to get to school. Human waste washes around their ankles; they try to swat flies away.

He claims to have seen extremities of wealth and poverty in India and overwhelmed by the latter, Australian pacer Brett Lee has opened a music studio for slum children in Mumbai.

Rubina's father tried to sell her in a bid to escape the Mumbai slums, claims a British newspaper.