The Kutumb Foundation is a New Delhi-based NGO. It was founded in 2002. The NGO works in Khan Market, Ali Vihar, Nizamuddin Sunder Nursery Slum and Savda-Ghevra Jhuggi Jhopri Resettlement Colony. Kutumb works in the field of education through its Indradhanush programme, an initiative to use peer teachers and in-house curriculum to teach English, Hindi and Maths. They also have two Qissagadh Active Libraries and run a Library Outreach programme. Another initiative of the organisation is their Dhamaa Chaukdi workshop series; these workshops use drama in education strategies to share Kutumb's best practices with teachers from government schools and other non-profits. The organisation also runs a football and life skills programme called Goal of Life. Overall Kutumb works with over 350 disadvantaged youth per year. Since 2006, Kutumb has also held an annual theatre event, Hilley-ley.
References
- "Goal of life". The Hindu. November 22, 2003.
- "It's their kutumb, after all!". The Hindu Business Line. December 1, 2003.
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