Gifting a dream to Pauline through education!

Three year old Pauline hails from Dharavi, arguably the largest and most populated slum pocket in Asia. Her father, Arul Kumar Pandian, works as an office assistant and her mother, Michelle Jancy, is a housewife, Pauline has one younger sister as well. Though her parents have not studied beyond the tenth grade, Pauline can dream of a stable future with a good education.

Pauline studies at the Dharavi study center, run by Sahaara. She is a keen and enthusiastic student who has always been eager to attend the study center. She particularly enjoys playing the helper role: she helps her mother in caring for the younger sister at home and helps the teacher in clearing up after class hours. She is also a very responsible child who stewards her books and pencils well! She loves playing with toys and dolls! To any first time visitor, Pauline’s infectious chattiness, confident writing skills and talent in singing and dancing would belie her background and family’s poverty.

Sahaara Charitable Society believes that every person has a dream, and their work centers around ensuring that marginalized persons are able to articulate and work towards achieving their dream. Sahaara’s early childhood education program gives children like Pauline get a start which will help her break out of the poverty cycle.

Your generous donations, Jodie, Rachel, Paris and Sarah will enable Sahaara to provide a year of pre-primary education to Pauline.

Thank you so much for gifting a dream to a vulnerable child like Pauline, thereby paving the way to a self-reliant and brighter future!