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Mumbai's two opposing lifestyles would have made it the ideal example of an oxymoron if the city were a word. Mumbai, the richest city in India with the most millionaires and billionaires, but has the greatest slum population in the nation with 5.2 million residents (as per Census 2011). Over 3000 residential high-rises dominate the city's skyline, but over half of its 12.44 million residents still live in cramped shanties without access to even the most basic amenities like toilets. Mumbai has had trouble absorbing mass migration in part due to its unusual terrain and lack of available land, but more so because of a lack of basic amenities and overpriced housing for economically disadvantaged people.

Six settlements have established children's rights-focused NGOs. To include the entire community in understanding children's rights, organisations have been created at the settlement level. The organisation also tries to educate kids about their legal rights. The project team would first meet with the groups on a daily basis to educate them about children's rights and provide them the chance to interact with essential stakeholders, duty bearers, and most importantly, other kids. Depending on how many children live in IDP camps, the members of the children group will differ.