Meera Mahadevan
FounderFounder of Mumbai Mobile Creches · Mobile Creches
Meera Mahadevan is the founder of Mumbai Mobile Creches[1] and Mobile Creches (1969)[2], Indian non-profits working on women & children, education, hunger and healthcare from Mumbai.
Mumbai Mobile Creches
Mumbai Mobile Creches, working since 1972, runs day-care centres on construction sites across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane, giving children of migrant workers education, nutrition and healthcare. It reports reaching over 100,000 children across 270 sites since inception.
Mumbai Mobile Creches reports the following, on its own site:
- Reached over 100,000 children since 1972
- Worked across 270 construction sites in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane
Mobile Creches
Mobile Creches, founded in 1969 in Delhi, champions early childhood development for children of working parents in marginalised communities — running childcare centres, training childcare workers and shaping policy. It reports reaching 1 million children and training 20,000+ childcare workers.
Mobile Creches reports the following, on its own site:
- 1 million children reached since 1969
- 20,000+ childcare workers trained
- 5,000+ childcare centres run
- 500+ industry partners and 100+ NGO partners
- Organisations
- 2
- Based in
- Mumbai
- Founded
- 1969
- Press
- 3
References
- [1] “In 1969, our founder, Meera Mahadevan, picked up and soothed a hot, hungry wailing baby at a construction site in New Delhi.” — Mumbai Mobile Creches. Source
- [2] “Mobile Creches was conceptualized during the planning of the Gandhi Centenary celebrations on March 14, 1969. Initially known as Kasturba Shishu Vihar, it started as a small project at Rajghat amidst the chaos of the worksite. Meera Mahadevan led the initiative, and Devika Singh joined a few months later.” — Mobile Creches. Source
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