Hussein loves to play!

Five year old Hussein Sheikh hails from Reay Road, one of the innumerable poverty stricken slum pockets in Mumbai. His father, Shazid Sheikh, is a tailor and his mother, Salma, works as a maid. Hussein has one brother and one sister as well! Both his parents are illiterate. The family income is barely enough to make both ends meet.

Children like Hussein, from Mumbai slums, face educational deprivation in terms of generational illiteracy, physical access to education and quality of education as well. Though Hussein 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 Hussein’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), coloring, games and activities such as counting and recognition.

Hussein  is a smart student who enjoys getting involved in physical activities. He is a live wire who is energetic and lively in class! He loves to play games and is fond of eating good food. He has a relaxed demeanour and has a hunger for learning more and more from teachers!

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

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