Mumbai ¨C Beneath a busy overpass in India¡¯s financial capital Mumbai, a row of pastel-colored shipping containers houses an unlikely school serving some of the city¡¯s most marginalized children.
Despite laws guaranteeing free schooling for children age?6 to 14, poverty and migration continue to keep many out of classrooms, particularly in sprawling cities like Mumbai, where many families survive through low-paying informal work.
Crippling urban poverty also means young children selling knick-knacks on streets are still a fairly common sight at crowded traffic intersections in big Indian cities.
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