Mumbai slums get colourful makeover in attempt to change perceptions of poverty
Non-profit organisation Chal Rang De (Let’s Go Paint) is making a bid to transform the slums of Mumbai. Artists and volunteers are painting buildings in bright colours and making murals to accentuate the positives of the slums
Mumbai’s slums are getting a colourful makeover thanks to an organisation that aims to change how people perceive deprived areas in India’s financial capital.
Volunteers have transformed some 12,000 homes across four different areas in the city of 20 million people.
Artists have also created several elaborate murals as part of the initiative by non-profit group Chal Rang De, which means “Let’s Go Paint”.
“We wanted to change the way people look at slums in Mumbai, in India,” says the organisation’s co-founder Dedeepya Reddy.
“When you say ‘slums’ all you think about are the negative things, the dirtiness. That becomes a reflection of the people who stay here but it’s not the case.”
