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HARYANA – GURGAON – DEVILAL COLONY
Our School- a Beehive of Activity
Devilal is a migrant area where 2/3 of the families are BPL (Below Poverty Line). Due to the incredible conditions that we saw there we decided to rent a house right around the corner and make it a school. Click here to see video of the school.
On July 1st 2010, we opened ‘Marudyan Learning Centre’ in Devilal Colony. Although we started with 15 children, within 5 weeks we passed the 100 mark. At present we have 234 children enrolled and 190 attending. The numbers vary from day to day as the children are from migrant, day-labour and rag-picking families that move around frequently. It is heartbreaking at times as the children leave quietly sometimes with tears in their eyes when they move on. We comfort ourselves with the thought that at least they learned to read and write.
“I don’t know if I like getting these pricks against any diseases.
Thankful that we can have uniforms like the rich children
After running this project for 16 years since 2009, we have, due to distance and sponsorship, given this project to an NCR based society, who are since February 2025 operating and overseeing the Centre.