Taufeeq can now have a good start in life!

Four year old Taufeeq is one of four children. His father, Rafiq Shaikh, is a Zari worker and his mother, Husna Begum, is a housewife. They are a family of six that includes Taufeeq,  his three elder sisters and parents. Taufeeq hails from Govandi, one of the innumerable poverty stricken slum pockets in Mumbai. Both his parents are illiterate.

Children like Taufeeq, from Mumbai slums, face educational deprivation in terms of generational illiteracy, physical access to education and quality of education as well. Though Taufeeq hails such from a disadvantaged background he can dream of a stable future with a good education because he studies at the Govandi study center, run by Sahaara. Being close to Taufeeq’s house, the balwadi is a potent vehicle for transforming his future through quality education.

Sahaara’s balwadi has a systematic curriculum wherein children are equipped in the following subjects  over the period of a year: English and Hindi: alphabets and poems, writing skills, general knowledge (colours, animals, flowers, personal hygiene etc), colouring, games and activities such as counting, recognition etc

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 Taufeeq, get a start which will help him break out of the poverty cycle and fulfill his dream of a stable future.

Your generous donation, Leigh,  will enable Sahaara to provide a year of pre-primary education to Taufeeq.

Thank you so much, Leigh, for your gift to Taufeeq!