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Muskan loves to play!

Muskhan Sidhiki
Four year old Muskan Siddiqi is one of five children. Her father, Kalimula Siddiqi, is a mechanic and her mother, Sairabanu, is a housewife. They are a family of seven that includes Muskan, her two sisters, two brothers and parents. Muskan hails from Mankhurd, one of the innumerable poverty stricken slum pockets in Mumbai. Both her parents are illiterate.

Children like Muksan, from Mumbai slums, face educational deprivation in terms of generational illiteracy, physical access to education and quality of education as well. Though Muskan hails such from a disadvantaged background she can dream of a stable future with a good education because she studies at the Mankhurd study center, run by Sahaara. Being close to Muskan’s house, the balwadi is a potent vehicle for transforming her 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 (colors, animals, flowers, personal hygiene etc), coloring, games and activities such as counting and recognition.

Muskan loves to attend the balwadi as apart from studies, there are several playtime activities to engage the children as well. Muskan is a live wire who is energetic and lively in class! She is talkative and thoroughly enjoys physical activities like running and hopping.

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 Muskan, get a start which will help her break out of the poverty cycle and fulfill her dream of a stable future.

Your generous donations of six months of suppport each, Ashley and Jane, will enable Sahaara to provide a year of pre-primary education to Muskan.

Thank you so much for your gift to Muskan!




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