Because Only Together We Can
Build a World Where Every Ability Is Empowered, Supported, and Valued.
What We Do
Access To Hope is an NGO that works for upliftment of people with disabilities in Mumbai. Our ethos is to build an inclusive society where persons with disabilities get access to equal opportunities.
We work on 4 verticals- Accessibility, Inclusive Education, Empowerment and Rehabilitation. In the past 3.5 years, we have worked primarily for public infrastructure accessibility which includes footpaths, public parks, public toilets etc.
our works
Mumbai’s Five Gardens
The BMC and an NGO, Access to Hope, have joined hands in a bid to create accessible public infrastructure in and around Matunga’s Five Gardens.
The NGO is led by accessibility activist Jasmina Khanna, who lives with cerebral palsy.
Mumbai’s No lift-off for BEST’s wheelchair
MUMBAI: Are BEST’s wheelchair-accessible buses really ‘friendly’ for differently-abled individuals?
Can they board and alight buses with ease?
Accessible footpath for disabled’
The idea of the universal footpath policy was to ensure a barrier free footpath not just to normal pedestrians but also Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) senior citizens, pregnant women and mothers using strollers for their toddlers.
Mumbai: Test run for differently abled shows road blocks on widened footpaths
What happens when a footpath is widened for universal accessibility? Fifteen differently abled individuals, who carried out a test run of one such stretch in Vile Parle on Sunday, found illegally parked motorcycles and a hawker with his wares on the footpath.
