Frishta Background Information

• In Northern India live 400 million people and all of the indicators measuring child welfare: infant mortality, literacy, access to healthcare, unemployment and infrastructure, all point to the great need of this area.
• Location… 8 acres of land has been purchased in the village of Mukandpur, near Dera Basi in the of Mohali district, 25km SW of Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
   
  click on the Google Earth image below to enlarge it
  
  
• The city of Chandigarh is the State capital of both Punjab and Haryana states and attracts many migrants looking for work and a better standard of living. The population of Chandigarh is approximately 1 million people and there are several slums in the city as well as a significant number of urban poor in the surrounding area.