United Way Mumbai has agreed to subsidise by 50% the course fees for training the officials of the Community Based Organizations (CBOs) under the Dattak Vasti Yojana (Slum Adoption Scheme) run by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.

The training program is being organized by the Center for Slum Studies at Ruia College. The course will be made available to 2 officials from each of the 323 registered CBOs with the MCGM. Thus a total of 646 officials will be trained.

The course will be conducted over 13 batches of 50 participants each. The first batch started its training on 18th December, 06 comprising of members from 25 CBOs in K(E) ward.

PILOT PROJECT STARTED with 5 CBO's
It has been planned that a pilot project will be carried out in four slums whereby an attempt will be made to facilitate segregation and local composting of the wet waste. The objective is to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill sites.

In all of these slums a sample of 200 families will be taken as participants in these experiments. We will work closely with these families to implement segregation and also try to have a neighbourhood vermicomposting pit operational.

As part of the K(E) Ward Resource Center we will be encouraging volunteers to spend time with these four pockets and help the experiment succeed. So if you are working with a corporate, are a student, part of NSS or NCC, member of an NGO or just anybody wanting to make a difference and having time then please contact us at contact@mumbaihelpline.org