The Breakfast School

After retiring from his job, 67-year-old Shyam Bihari Prasad started an unconventional school for New Delhi's poor children: he started teaching students by the side of a road.
For a passerby, the students might look like beggars, all huddled together, but Prasad's selfless initative has turned this pavement into a hope for these children from Delhi's poorest families.

A former employee of a telecommunications company in Delhi, Prasad thought of looking after his granddaughter and wife after his retirement. However, given the gaps in India's education system, he decided to set up a school for those children who could not afford to go to school.

"I decided to spend the rest of my life to educate the poor children. It was painful to see them begging on streets while others would carry school bags," Prasad said.

For Prasad, the immediate challenge was to find a space for the school. But in an expensive city like New Delhi, Prasad could not afford to build one.
"This city is very costly that I could not find a space for these children. Also, no one was ready to rent space for these poor children. So I decided to teach them on footpath," Prasad added.

"I chose this place because it is relatively less noisy," Prasad said, "and I don't have to pay anyone for this space."