'Slumdog' team donates £500k for city kids

The team beind the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire has donated 500,000 pounds to kick off a programme aimed at educating poor kids in the slums of central Mumbai. A large portion of the movie was shot in the slums of Dharavi.

The filmmakers have teamed up with Plan, an international children’s development organisation, to create a five-year programme to provide healthcare and education. Plan hopes to reach directly to 2,000 families and 5,000 children.

“Having benefited so much from the hospitality of the people of Mumbai, it is only right that some of the success of the movie be ploughed back into the areas where it is needed,” said director Danny Boyle.