Virat Shah started 9 footpath schools in Ahmedabad to educate street children

He started by teaching in a municipality school near his house to gain experience. Then, one day, on his way to drop his kids off at their school bus stop, he spotted some children loitering on a footpath. Their parents told me they were facing problems getting their children admitted to school because they live on the footpath and dont have any residential proof. Additionally, the kids didnt have their birth certificates for admission. This was when an idea struck me and I asked them - If I come to your footpath to teach these kids, will you send them to me? That was the first step. The fact that they were prepared to let me teach the kids motivated me to school them on the footpath itself, says Virat.