Little Liaba loves school!

Three year old Liaba lives in the Gowandi slum community in Mumbai. Her father, Kamaluddin, is a keymaker and her mother, Mehjabin, is a housewife. Liaba has a two siblings as well. The family hails from Fatehpur, UP. The family is poor and struggles to make ends meet, and they find it very difficult to cope with medical emergencies. Despite their poor economic condition, Liaba’s parents realize the value of a good education, and they have enrolled Liaba in the balwadi run by Sahaara in their slum, and ensure that she goes to school every day.

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

Liaba is a bright child who is good in academics and is physically very active.  She recites numbers from 1-10 and alphabets from A-L with  bubbling enthusiasm. She loves to do the actions whenever nursery rhymes are taught and also enjoys playing with her toys.

Thanks to your generous donations, Jigna, Paris, Kate and David, Liaba will be able to attend school for an entire year.

Thank you all for coming together in support of Liaba and motivating her to do well in life!