Rightwalk Foundation

Rightwalk Foundation RightWalk Foundation closely works with the government to drive institutional-level changes and translate them into action on the ground.

Rightwalk Foundation is a non for profit organization solving for socio-economic inequality by co-shaping and co-designing Public Policies in the core areas of Education, Livelihood and Health. The organization intends to make social welfare schemes accessible to the public by collaborating with multiple stakeholders such as policymakers, system leadership and media.

Sheโ€™s not a government official. Sheโ€™s not on a payroll. But in Behrampur, Ahmedabad, she is the lifeline for every pare...
15/05/2026

Sheโ€™s not a government official. Sheโ€™s not on a payroll. But in Behrampur, Ahmedabad, she is the lifeline for every parent.

For three years, ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ has been the silent force navigating the complexities of the ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—˜ (๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป) admission process. When families are lost in a sea of missing documents, confusing forms and missed deadlines, Firozaben shows up.

She doesnโ€™t just give advice; she sits with them and gets it done. No fuss, no expectations.

She as a "RightWalk Champion":

Has closely worked with 16 Anganwadi centres. Building deep roots with parents and children.

She is already mastering ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—˜, our initiative under ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ umbrella to help families who wouldn't know where to start.

This isn't about one meeting. Itโ€™s about ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ of showing up daily to ensure the Right to Education Act actually reaches the doorstep of those who need it most.

In ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ, they have a saying: "๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€

That isn't a compliment. Itโ€™s a reputation earned through three years of relentless grassroots service.

Social change doesnโ€™t always look like a loud movement. Sometimes, it looks like one person in one neighborhood doing the same thing consistently until the system works for everyone. This is what we call a ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ '๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ' ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ? ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ. ๐Ÿ‘‡

13/05/2026

Roshan noticed a pattern. Maharashtra, UP, Gujarat, different places, but the same story kept repeating itself.

Young people had done the training. They had the skills. They were ready. But they didn't know what to do next. Not because jobs didn't exist, but because no one had actually sat down and walked them through it. That stuck with him.

Today, Roshan Labhade is our Divisional Coordinator for Livelihoods in Maharashtra. You will mostly find him inside ITIs, not lecturing, just sitting with students and figuring things out together. He is also been introducing them to ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—œ. Showing them how to ask the right questions, explore what's out there and understand their options. For a lot of these students, it's the first time they've seen technology actually do something useful for them.

Sometimes, showing someone their next step is all it takes to change where they end up.

For Roshan, that help now comes from two places, real conversations, and a tool that meets students where they are.

Watch to meet Roshan Labhade, Divisional Coordinator, Livelihoods, Maharashtra.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS), Skill Development, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department Gujarat Skill Development Mission Directorate of Vocational Education & Training, Maharashtra State Samina Bano Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council

07/05/2026

India's apprenticeship participation is still under 1%.

Globally, industries are seeing around 3% to 4% participation. That gap is hard to ignore.

And the problem isn't always the lack of opportunities. Sometimes it's just how hard those opportunities are to actually find and apply for.

Something Manisha Verma ma'am said on the launch day stayed with us . "๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ?" That question is honestly the whole reason ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ exists. Because when you work closely with young people, you see the same pattern. Opportunities existed, schemes existed, but for many first-generation learners, just entering the system felt overwhelming. Forms, portals, language barriers... somewhere in all of that, people quietly gave up.

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ came out of that exact observation. As part of our ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ work on ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†, we built it as a simple WhatsApp-based assistant where youth can complete apprenticeship applications, search opportunities and seek guidance conversationally, in their own language, without the whole complex process.

No complicated portals. No intimidating forms. Just a "Hi".

Grateful to the ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—˜๐—œ๐—— and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ ma'am for having faith in the ideas that put people first, not just the technology.

National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS) CMOMaharashtra Skill Development, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department Skill Development, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department Directorate of Vocational Education & Training, Maharashtra State Gujarat Skill Development Mission Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council

04/05/2026

"There is no shortage of jobs. There is no shortage of job seekers. There is a need to create connectivity between them."

When Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri. Devendra Fadnavis said this at the ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—œ launch, we felt like he was reading our minds. Because this is exactly what we have been trying to solve.

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฑ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ. That's not just a statistic. That's crores of young people trying to figure out where to start. And most of them are doing it without any real guidance.

They have a phone. They have . But knowing which skill to learn, which opportunity to apply for or even who to ask, that's still out of reach for a lot of them. Especially if you are from a small town or a rural area, where asking the wrong question in front of the wrong person can feel embarrassing enough to just stop asking.

That's the gap MahaChatur is trying to fill. A young person can open WhatsApp, ask a question in their own language and get honest guidance on jobs, apprenticeship or a specific location/trade/establishment he/she wants to work. No office visit, no complicated form, no middleman.

Hon'ble CM Fadnavis also pointed out something we deeply believe in. Technology doesn't care if you are rich or poor, a boy or a girl. It serves whoever shows up first. That's the kind of equity we want this to stand for. When he said "๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ '๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ'. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด."... honestly, the whole team felt a sense of pride.

MahaChatur is part of CitizenAI, our effort to put AI to work in Public Service Delivery for people who need it most. ChaturRTE, under the same effort, has already helped 9000+ parents in Gujarat navigate RTE school admissions this year.

We are just getting started.



CMOMaharashtra National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS) Skill Development, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council Gujarat Skill Development Mission Directorate of Vocational Education & Training, Maharashtra State

30/04/2026

Earlier we shared the moments. Today we want to show you what it actually does.

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—œ was built on one simple idea: that a young person in Maharashtra should not have to struggle to find what is already available for them. A scheme, an apprenticeship, an opportunity. It should just be easy to reach.

And that is what you can see in this film which is launched by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri. Devendra Fadnavis.

That, how MahaChatur works on the ground. The features, the flow, how a real conversation on WhatsApp, in your own language, can guide someone from confusion to clarity.

This is what we mean by Citizen AI. Not AI for the few who can navigate complex systems. AI that works for everyone.

Watch the film and see it for yourself.

Next post, we go deeper into MahaChatur and what Citizen AI actually means in practice.



CMOMaharashtra Skill Development, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS) Directorate of Vocational Education & Training, Maharashtra State

Yesterday felt like a moment we will remember for a long time.๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—œ was launched by ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป'๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ...
28/04/2026

Yesterday felt like a moment we will remember for a long time.

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—œ was launched by ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป'๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ. Devendra Fadnavis at the ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ & ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต 2026 in hashtag . In the presence of Hon'ble Minister of Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ฎ, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐˜. Manisha Verma along with a room full of industry leaders and diplomats from , and . Built by our team at RightWalk Foundation, in partnership with Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Department, Government of Maharashtra (SEEID), Government of Maharashtra, this one has been close to our hearts from day one.

As the Hon'ble CM said, "๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜บ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ."

That's exactly what we have been working toward.

There are millions of young people in Maharashtra who have the will, but struggle to find the right opportunity at the right time. A government scheme they are unaware about. An apprenticeship they couldn't navigate. A skill they had, but no path to use it. MahaChatur is built to close that gap at a scale that can actually matter.

Maharashtra is a top-performing state for apprenticeship training. With MahaChatur, it is now showing the rest of India what it looks like when a state government genuinely commits to connecting young people to real opportunities and builds the systems to back it up.

We are proud. We are grateful. And we are just getting started.

We hope this proactive initiative by the Maharashtra government gets expanded into other states and has a national footprint.



Maharashtra DGIPR Devendra Fadnavis CMOMaharashtra Skill Development, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (PM-NAPS) Directorate of Vocational Education & Training, Maharashtra State

07/04/2026

Anil Kokate ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ. ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

His parents were farmers. Nobody in the family had been down this road before. After completing his studies and getting certificate, he honestly had no clue what to do next. It took him a while to figure it out. But that feeling of just not knowing, that never really went away.

Now as our Division Coordinator in , he spends his days in ITI classrooms full of students with the exact same look he once had. Apprenticeships, career pathways, what actually comes after ends. He explains it. Patiently. Because he knows what it costs to figure it out alone.

But Anil isn't just there for the students. He spends just as much time with ITI staff and coordinators, the ones who are there every single day. Because Anil can't be everywhere. But if the institution knows what to do, it doesn't need him to be.

Last month, a quiet kid who never spoke during his sessions called him. Calling from Konkan Railway. His new job. Anil mentioned it casually. But that one call is the whole story.

Swipe to meet Anil Kokate โ€” Division Coordinator, Maharashtra.

03/04/2026

Helping one figure out the system is a win. Asking why she had to struggle at all, that is the real work.

We met with Anganwadi workers and parents in recently. Most had heard of RTE admissions but never tried navigating it alone. The process feels little confusing even for people used to dealing with paperwork.

So, we just opened the RTE on WhatsApp. No presentations, no training. Just, let's try this together.

Within half an hour, parents were checking their own documents, understanding what they needed, asking the right questions. Once one person got it, the whole room got curious.

That moment was real. But it is only one part of the work.

Every session like this tells us something. Where people get stuck. What confuses them. Which parts of the system are quietly failing families. We take that back to our work with institutions through PMU and try to fix things at the source.

A lot of people talk about last mile ex*****on. It matters, and we care about it. But if the system behind it is broken, last mile efforts only go so far.

The core of what RightWalk Foundation does is institutional strengthening. Making the system itself easier, not just helping people get through a difficult one. Field work and system work are the same thing for us. One keeps feeding the other.

02/04/2026

"3 เคธเคพเคฒ เค˜เคฐ เคชเคฐ เคฌเฅˆเค เฅ‡ เคฐเคนเฅ‡เฅค Certificate เคฅเคพ, skill เคฅเฅ€โ€ฆ เคฌเคธ เคเค• เคฎเฅŒเค•เคพ เคจเคนเฅ€เค‚ เคฅเคพเฅคโ€

Rahul lost his father at 12. His mother became a farm labourer. His brother started doing electrician work. Rahul decided he wouldn't be the one sitting idle.

He completed his welding course from Government ITI, Korpana in 2019 and came back ready to work. Then COVID hit. Three years passed. No jobs. No calls. Nothing. Every morning he watched his mother leave for the fields while he stayed home with a skill he couldn't use anywhere.

In 2024, at an Apprenticeship Fair in Chandrapur, Rahul met our district coordinator Kapil Bambole. Rahul didn't want sympathy. He just wanted to know where to start. Kapil sat with him, explained the process, helped with the paperwork, and connected him to an opening at Dalmia Cement Bharat Limited. He cleared the interview process and got selected.

Today Rahul works there as a welder, the same trade he trained for five years ago. He earns Rs 11,550 a month. His mother no longer worries about the house. And Rahul is already thinking about his own workshop someday.

His story is not about missing skill. It's about what happens after the training ends, and whether anyone is there to help you through it. The G part in our RIGHT framework stands for Ground. It means staying with the candidate through every step after training, helping them understand the system, sorting the paperwork, making the right employer connection, and making sure they don't give up before they get through the door.

Rahul had the skill from day one. He just needed someone standing with him at the last mile.

31/03/2026

"RTE mein fees kyun maang rahe hain?"

A parent asked Dilip this and he didnโ€™t just answer, he decided to take action.

Most people think the work is done once a child gets admission. He will tell you thatโ€™s usually when the real work begins.

Dilip Chavda is our District Lead RTE in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Most days he is in the field sitting with parents, walking them through applications, helping them through a process that can often feel confusing. But what stays with him isnโ€™t the paperwork. Itโ€™s the day a school in Ahmedabad started asking RTE families to pay fees. Some parents were even ready to pay, worried that speaking up might risk their childโ€™s seat. Dilip sat with them, explained what the law actually guarantees and stayed until the school backed down.

But he didn't just stop there. He flagged it to the ๐—ฃ๐— ๐—จ (๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜). Because if one school is doing this, itโ€™s probably not just happening in one place. That conversation escalated and ended up shaping how hashtag violations get tracked at the government level. Thatโ€™s the part people usually donโ€™t hear about in these stories from the field.

This is what the โ€˜๐—œโ€™ in RightWalk Foundationโ€™s '๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง' framework really means. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. Dilip didnโ€™t just solve one case, he shared it with the system so it gets fixed for everyone, not just one family. The goal is simple, the system should work the way itโ€™s meant to.

We just closed Q4.But honestly, that's not what Friday was about.Last Friday of March didn't feel like an ending. It fel...
30/03/2026

We just closed Q4.
But honestly, that's not what Friday was about.

Last Friday of March didn't feel like an ending. It felt like something had quietly shifted.

Teams joined from across states. What started as a townhall slowly became something else. Not just updates. Stories.

Stories from the ground.
New partnerships.
Collaborations that that honestly took months to come together.
New team members still figuring out where they fit inside RightWalk.

And somewhere in the middle of all of it, you could start to feel it:

Weโ€™re not the same organisation we were a year ago.

Not because we changed what we believe in.
But because we finally changed how we work.

For a long time, things moved because of people. Energy. Ownership. Someone just pushing hard enough to make it happen.

Last year, we made a different choice.
Investing on building systems.

Not documents. Not SOPs no one reads.

Actual ways of working that don't fall apart when one person is unavailable.

It wasn't fast. It wasn't clean.
There were weeks it felt like we were building the plane while flying it.

But today, those systems aren't being built anymore.

They're being used.

At some point on Friday, it stopped feeling like a review meeting.
It felt more like everyone was quietly taking stock of how far things had come.

Thatโ€™s RightWalk 3.0.

Not a rebrand. Not a big announcement.
Just an organisation that finally has the structure to match its ambition.
One that doesnโ€™t need the same five people holding everything together all the time.

New financial year starts now.
Same belief. Just a lot more clarity on how we actually get there.

If youโ€™ve been watching from the outside,
this might be the year worth paying attention to.

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