Shalini loves to twirl!

Five year old, Shalini Sabre hails from Mankhurd, from one of the innumerable poverty-stricken slum pockets in Mumbai. Her father, Vijay Sabre, does odd jobs and her mother, Ovitra, is a housewife; she has one sister and one brother as well. Though her parents have not studied beyond the tenth grade, Shalini can dream of a stable future with a good education.

Shalini studies at the Mankhurd study center run by Sahaara. She is a keen student who has always been eager to attend the study center. She is quiet by nature and her favourite activity is listening to music! She loves to shake a leg or two and enjoys singing action songs. To any first time visitor, Shalini’s cheerful nature belies her background and family’s utter poverty.

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 and recognition.

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 Shalini get a start which will help her break out of the poverty cycle.

Your generous donations, Devendra, Haining, and Heather (x2) will enable Sahaara to provide a year of pre-primary education to Shalini.

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

Aug 18	Haining view profile Haining gave 12 for three months of education for a child from an urban slum
Aug 8	Devendra view profile Devendra gave 12 for three months of education for a child from an urban slum

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