Our work with the senior citizens in the Nagpur Chawl area led our attention to this school. What began as a simple sponsorship program for needy students turned into a sustained developmental project that ran for over 2 years for the students of this school and nearby areas. We noticed that the overall quality of education was poor in addition to other problems like increased dropouts and absenteeism due to various social and economic factors. We began our first “Development centre” (DC) an alternate centre for learning and holistic development of children, running parallel to the school but close in location. The DC within its first year was able to bring up the success percentage from 38% to about 82%. More than 1400 students benefited by the DC. In addition, we organized numerous development programs and activities for students and teachers designed to improve effectiveness of instruction and learning. For the school infrastructure, which was in a dilapidated condition with not enough room to house all the students, we helped construct an additional 4 classrooms. We also created awareness about the school and its problems among the corporates with offices nearby so that their CSR branches could take up the issue and ensure sustained development of the school.