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.
In one of the world’s largest slums, the fight against the coronavirus has turned into a struggle to survive