Nareshwadi Learning Centre sits on an 11-acre campus near Dundhalwadi, Dahanu Taluka, about 130 km from Mumbai, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the sole project of the Girivanvasi Educational Trust (GVET).
Nareshwadi Learning Centre (NLC) is comprised of the Leelaben Kotak Primary School, the K. J. Somaiya High School, a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Centre, and student residences. The Nareshwadi campus is surrounded by paddy fields and an orchard of fruit and coconut trees, contributing to an atmosphere of spontaneous creativity and learning.
Five hundred children from underprivileged families attend Nareshwadi's schools and live on campus. Ninety percent of them come from the local Warli, Kokani, Katkari and Dodhi tribal communities. Many live in interior villages with no schooling available. The rest are children with single or absent parents, or are from HIV-infected and -affected families.