Sathe Nagar Slum

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.

For the children of Sathe Nagar, a slum on the eastern fringes of Mumbai, walking to school is a health hazard and a balancing act. Every day, they have to wade through knee-deep sewage and garbage to cross a 25 metre drain in order to reach their school.

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.

For the children of Sathe Nagar, a slum on the eastern fringes of Mumbai, walking to school is a health hazard and a balancing act. Every day, they have to wade through knee-deep sewage and garbage to cross a 25 metre drain in order to reach their school.