To One Of Art Kala Kutir, a project centre of Dr. A.V.Baliga Memorial Trust in New Delhi, is a vocational training unit for children of the slums. The unit is located in a slum cluster called Narendra Niketan where the majority of the community are ragpickers. For a ragpicker his source of income lies in the garbage dumps of the city. Starting from a young age of 3-4 years, these children aid in supplementing the family income by rummaging and searching through garbage bins in their locality.
Education is a powerful tool to mold young minds in the right direction.
It helps the children to make their future better by gaining knowledge and developing their personality. Remedial education is also provided for dropouts who are then helped to be readmitted into the schools. The non-formal education classes are held at Narendra Niketan, Basti Khwaja Meer Dard, Gautam Puri and Balmiki Basti. Around 110 children benefit from this programme. Noticing that some of the older children had special talents, a trained artist from Shanti Niketan dedicated a year of free service to develop their skills in the traditional art forms of Madhubhani and Kalighat.