Gifting a dream of education to the child of a trafficked women!

Ten year old, Yogita’s mother was a victim of the sex trade and worked in a red light area in Mumbai. Her mother passed away two years ago and with no one to care for, Yogita was brought to Anandalay – a shelter home run by Sahaara, for daughters of trafficked women. Anandalay houses these children who are brought up by house-parents, in a loving and conducive family environment.

Yogita is the oldest and the first beneficiary brought into Anandalay. Over the past years, she has come to terms with the fact that her mother is no more. She feels at home in Anandalay and loves mothering the other girls of the home. They live like one big family.

Yogita now studies in second standard, in one of the top schools in the locality. At the outset, she struggled to cope in school as her foundational skills were poor. With encouragement and guidance from her houseparents and tutor, she worked hard and honed her talents. She has now emerged confident in various skills like recitation, poetry, storytelling, reading, sentence construction and writing. She has a keen interest in Mathematics and loves to work her way around numbers.

As for her other interests, Yogita is very artistic and loves to play with colors. She has participated in school plays and was also the lead singer in her school choir during carol singing. She loves badminton and enjoyed her swimming stint during the holidays. She is very interested in learning percussion instruments and she has already tried her hand at tabla (Indian drums) and is currently learning the congo.

Your generous donations, Laurent, Bill and Colleen, Erik, Kandace, Sarah and Sophia and Larry will enable Sahaara to bear the cost of tuition for Yogita, for half an academic year.

Your support will ensure that Yogita continues attending school and honing her talents, thereby paving the way towards a self-reliant and bright future!