0After-school centres
0Children taught directly
+0Reached via food & sport
0Dedicated teachers
0Women in livelihood groups
Leadership
The people accountable for this work.
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Chaitra Yadavar
Founder & Chief FunctionaryFounded Dira Social Welfare Foundation in 2023 and leads its day-to-day work across the Thane and Navi Mumbai centres.
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Prakash Dattu Rao
TrusteeServes as a Trustee of the Foundation, supporting its governance and long-term direction.
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Pravin Lotankar
TrusteeServes as a Trustee of the Foundation, supporting its governance and long-term direction.
Programs
What we run, week to week.
Education
After-school tuition centres
- Two centres — Chinchpada and Ishwar Nagar, Airoli
- Two teachers at each centre, four in total
- 50 children in regular daily tuition; 100 across both centres overall
- Study materials, notebooks and books provided directly
Livelihood
Women's skill-building groups
- Bathroom-mat and rug-making from waste cloth, in the Rabale slum
- Working with around 25 women and their families for four years
- 50+ mats sold in the last two years, funding school fees and household needs
- An entry point into financial literacy and menstrual health education
Holistic growth
Beyond the textbook
- Sports day, annual day and Republic Day celebrations
- General knowledge quizzes, drawing and craft competitions
- Value-education sessions using storytelling and games
- Teacher training — most recently, a phonics workshop for early learners
Youth & adolescents
Career & financial literacy
- Goal-setting workshops for youth building a livelihood
- Sessions on financial literacy and government schemes
- Career counselling and support in securing jobs
- Help accessing sponsored hostel-education programs run by partner NGOs
Where we work
Three communities, one corridor of Thane & Navi Mumbai.
All of our centres and groups sit along the Thane–Navi Mumbai belt, in neighbourhoods where migrant and low-income working families make up most of the population.
Ishwarnagar, Kalwa
After-school education centre — daily tuition, food and recreational activities.
Chinchpada, Airoli
Second after-school education centre; site of our school-transport advocacy work.
Nocil Naka slum, Rabale
Women's livelihood group — rug-making, financial literacy and health education.