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On a Mission Building 6,000 Homes for the Homeless

“Charity knows no boundaries of region, color, sex, language, religion or race. In fact, I believe that poverty is the single biggest religion in the world. Towards that extent, the foundation today supports projects across regions irrespective of religion or race.”

s India readied itself for the 2010 Commonwealth games, the Delhi Government demolished the slums on the banks of the Yamuna Pushta and moved approximately 150,000 inhabitants to Bawana, creating J.J. (Jhuggi Jhopri) Colony in Bawana - the second largest slum area in the Asian sub-continent after Dharavi. This is the story of those 40,000 families who were thrown out of Yamuna Pushta and banished to Bawana Village - 40 kilometers away. While the administration shunned its unprivileged lot, the homeless dwellers struggled to live. No civic amenities, no sanitation, no medical facilities, no

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