Walking Through Dharavi: Survival at the Edge of Climate Change

On the frontlines of the climate crisis, Dharavi faces worsening heat and flooding, but through the efforts of ACORN Foundation and resilient residents turning waste into opportunity, the community is building a greener, more hopeful future.
The Pressures of Climate Change in Dharavi

Climate change has intensified heatwaves and erratic rains in Dharavi, worsening hardships for its residents, but ACORN Foundation India continues to support and empower the community with resilience and care.
ACORN India’s Covid Hunger Project in Dharavi

Dharavi faced severe food shortage during lockdown, in the face of which ACORN India’s Hunger Project stepped up to distribute weekly rations and cooking gas.
ACORN India team attends the launch of the book ‘Mountain Tales’

The book, ‘Mountain Tales: Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castaway Belongings’ by Saumya Roy is based on the lives of waste collectors and recyclers who make their living scavenging through the Deonar Garbage Mountain.
ACORN India founder Vinod Shetty speaks with BBC

Shedding light on the Dharavi Lockdown, ACORN India founder Vinod Shetty speaks with BBC about coronavirus in Dharavi.
ACORN India’s Laxmi Kamble features in an environmental book

Our very own Laxmi Kamble features in Bijal Vachharajani and Radha Rangarajan’s book 10 Indian Champions Who are Fighting to Save the Planet.
ACORN India features in the Washington Post.

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