The Open Door Project

The Open Door Project, was a path-breaking initiative to induce more and more private schools to take the lead in creating space for underprivileged children in their schools and give them an education they will otherwise probably miss, has been launched by The Millennium Schools. It started with a simple observation – That a child, hungry for knowledge, will always find a way to learn. An initiative of The Millennium Schools, a national chain of private not for profit schools, educating over 35,000 students , which took the lead and decided to open its portals to disadvantaged children from surrounding and neighbouring areas after school hours, The Open Door Project wanted to ensure that children from slums and the areas around are offered similar facilities and education as children from well off families who make up the roster in the schools – same teaching standards, same facilities, same quality of education. The founder of The Millennium Schools, Shantanu Prakash who had envisioned the Open Door Project, unveiled a special film called” Bhukkad– the hungry one” created by the award-winning Chief Creative Officer of our very own FCB Ulka, Swati Bhattacharya to coincide with the launch. The film sensitively portrays the hunger for learning in a child of a sex worker.