Slumaid

We are a UK-based charity dedicated to improving the lives of people living in urban slum areas.

SlumAid is a non-profit organisation working with some of the world’s poorest communities in education and healthcare. With projects in Mumbai, Jaipur and Nairobi, SlumAid supports local NGOs in empowering people to change their lives – from schools and health clinics to community development projects – and supports people like you to help them.

From London to Mumbai, SlumAid was born from a desire to create change for those struggling against the tide of poverty, found in such concentration within India’s slums.

SlumAid’s first volunteers were struck by a surprising truth when visiting some of India’s poorest communities. Children as young as five were learning how to make less than a penny in street crime, begging and litter-picking; when every passing second could be spent learning how to lift themselves from the cycle of destitution – through quality education.

SlumAid wanted to help break this cycle, by building a community of the young – and young at heart – driven to make a difference through volunteering. Over a decade and hundreds of helping hands later, SlumAid supports volunteers as they stay and work with local partnership NGOs to make worthy contributions to their projects; whether healthcare initiatives, English teaching or enterprise crafts.

Charging nothing for administration or overheads, and having expanded from Mumbai to Jaipur, and to Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, SlumAid is the ultimate volunteer matchmaker between project and person, facilitating learning across cultures, geographies and backgrounds.

Since its formation, SlumAid volunteers have funded and physically contributed to many community projects. By enabling sustainable projects and facilities, focusing on key areas such as education, child welfare, primary healthcare, health education, and employment skills, SlumAid supports communities in creating better opportunities and scope for further development.

We currently finance English language classes in Mumbai and Jaipur and contribute towards the salaries of English language teachers. Volunteers supplement the teaching.