{"id":28923,"date":"2026-07-13T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&p=28923"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:43:57","slug":"projects-for-peace-recipient-brings-learning-to-mumbai-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/13\/projects-for-peace-recipient-brings-learning-to-mumbai-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects for Peace recipient brings learning to Mumbai neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

\u2018I can be more impactful in a place that doesn\u2019t have a lot\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Kamathipura, the streets are congested and noisy. This neighborhood in Mumbai, India, is one of the largest and oldest red-light districts in all of Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toral Banerjee \u201928, a computer science<\/a> and mathematics<\/a> major, grew up in Mumbai and is well aware of the marginalization of people in Kamathipura. Inspired to support the children of sex workers in the area through teaching financial literacy, consent classes, and helping youths understand their rights, she pursued and earned funding from a Projects for Peace<\/a> grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projects for Peace annually awards 125 or more students with a $10,000 grant to develop innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world\u2019s most pressing issues. Banerjee is among the 2026 cohort of awardees, who are carrying out their projects this summer in 59 countries and seven U.S. states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n