Anwar loves to twirl!

Three year old Anwar Mohammed Sheikh hails from Reay Road, one of the innumerable poverty stricken slum pockets in Mumbai.His father, Anwar Mohammed Sheikh, is a helper at a taxi stand and his mother, Shakina Katu, is a housewife. He has two siblings. Both his parents are illiterate. The family income is barely enough to make both ends meet.

Children like Anwar, from Mumbai slums, face educational deprivation in terms of generational illiteracy, physical access to education and quality of education as well. Though Anwar hails from such a disadvantaged background he can dream of a stable future with a good education because he studies at the Reay Road study center, run by Sahaara. Being close to Anwar’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 and recognition.

Anwar is a smart student who has good grasping and recall skills. He is a shy child and has a hunger for learning more and more from the teachers. He loves to smile and enjoys twirling in the class! He is sociable and enjoys sharing his toys and things with other children.

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

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

Thank you so much, Subash, for your gift to Anwar!