Dadu loves his toys!

Four year old Dadu Telenge hails from Mankhurd, one of the innumerable poverty stricken slum pockets in Mumbai. His father, Vishwas Telenge, is working at a construction company and his mother, Archana, is a housewife. Dadu has two sisters. Both his parents are illiterate.

Children like Dadu, from Mumbai slums, face educational deprivation in terms of generational illiteracy, physical access to education and quality of education as well. Though Dadu 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 Dadu’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.

Dadu is a live wire who is energetic and lively in class! He loves playing with colours. He is sociable and very friendly towards other class mates. He loves his toys and enjoys sharing his toys and things with other children as well.

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 Dadu, 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 Dadu.

Thank you so much, Ravi, for your gift to Dadu!