Vaishnavi loves to play!

Three year old Vaishnavi Mane hails from Mankhurd, from one of the innumerable poverty-stricken slum pockets in Mumbai. Her father, Sanjay Pandura Mane, works at a restaurant and her mother, Manesha, is a housewife. Vaishnavi has a sister as well. The family income is barely enough to make both ends meet.

Sahaara’s balwadi is situated near Vaishnavi’s house and this is a boon to Vaishnavi because majority of slum children are deprived of quality and accessible 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 and recognition.

Vaishnavi is a quiet child but has a hunger to learn more and more from her teacher. She works well in group activities and loves to play with other children. To any first time visitor, Vaishnavi’s cheerful nature belies her background and family’s utter poverty!

Your generous donation, Nandini, will enable Sahaara to provide an entire year of education to Vaishnavi, thereby ensuring that she has the opportunity to a stable future!

Thank you, for your support of Vaishnavi!

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