Poverty impacts disproportionately on communities that have been most excluded from mainstream society, such as the ‘invisible’ communities that Paper Boat works with.

These communities are much more likely to experience extreme levels of poverty (in both rural and urban contexts) – with statistics suggesting that 43% of all poor people in India come from these highly marginalised groups.

The children that Paper Boat work with are more likely than most to either have never have be enrolled in formal schooling, or experience disproportionate pressure to drop out.