Guided Walk through Bengaluru's Ejipura Slums

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About this activity

Join Bengaluru high schooler Dia Z. Panakkat on a walk through Ejipura slums - perhaps Bengaluru's largest disadvantaged neighborhood. The challenges of poor infrastructure, unchecked development, and large scale urban migration come to focus here. Poverty and associated effects are all around.

Yet, this is also a place where the human spirit triumphs over adversity.

We will stop at the Swabhimaan community center - where children of all ages from the neighborhood come for curricular tuitions and after school programs.

We will then stop at the Swabhimaan Clinic - where doctors consult and distribute medicines for an all inclusive price of Rs. 10 (12 cents) per visit.

Finally we will stop by at the Swabhimaan grocery distribution center where free staples are served to the most in need.

Dia and another Swabhimaan volunteer will walk you through the sites. All proceeds are given back to people in the community through Swabhimaan Trust, a non-profit working in Ejipura since 2002.

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At a glance

Duration: 1 h 30 min – 2 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 6 people
People per booking: 1–6
Guide: Hindi, English
Operated by: Bengaluru Lights

Ages: Adults (18–90 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Drinking water is available. We encourage you to carry a bottle
Included: A guide who is a community leader intimately familiar with Ejipura

Itinerary

Stop 1

1 h 30 min

Ejipura slums is perhaps Bengaluru's largest. The challenges of poor infrastructure, unchecked development, and large scale urban migration come to focus here. Poverty and associated effects are all around.

Yet, this is also a place where the human spirit triumphs over adversity.

We will stop at the Swabhimaan community center - where children of all ages from the neighborhood come for curricular tuitions and after school programs. You will meet the teachers and volunteers working hard to improve student performance.

We will then stop at the Swabhimaan Clinic - where doctors consult and distribute medicines for an all inclusive price of Rs. 10 (12 cents) per visit.

Finally we will stop by at the Swabhimaan grocery distribution center where free staples are served to the most in need.

A Swabhimaan volunteer will walk you through the sites. All proceeds are given back to people in the community through Swabhimaan Trust, a non-profit working in Ejipura since 2002

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Guests meeting us directly at Ejipura can see us at the bus stop outside Koramangala passport office. It is the giant building with big signs a the road corner.

End point

Guests meeting us directly at Ejipura can see us at the bus stop outside Koramangala passport office. It is the giant building with big signs a the road corner.