Arun loves singing action songs!

Four year old Arun Kuppaswami hails from Mankhurd, one of the innumerable poverty stricken slum pockets in Mumbai. His father, Ganesh Kuppaswami, is a contractor and his mother, Analaxmi, is a housewife. Arun has one sister. Both his parents are illiterate.

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

Arun is a live wire who is energetic and lively in class! He loves to play and enjoys singing action songs. He has a hunger for learning more and more from the teachers. 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 Arun, get a start which will help him break out of the poverty cycle and fulfill his dream of a stable future.

Your generous donation, Ravi, will enable Sahaara to provide a year of pre-primary education to Arun.
Thank you so much, Ravi, for your gift to Arun!