Taufeeq gets a chance

Four year old Taufeeq hails from Govandi, one of the innumerable poverty stricken slum pockets in Mumbai, India. His father, Rafiq Shaikh, is a Zari (type of local thread for garments) worker and his mother, Husna, is a housewife. Both his parents are illiterate.

Children from red light areas face educational deprivation, such as generational illiteracy and a physical lack of access to a quality education. Though Taufeeq hails such from a disadvantaged background, he can dream of a stable future with a good education because he studies at the Govandi Study Center, run by Sahaara. This balwadi is a potent vehicle for transforming Taufeeq’s 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 such as colors, animals, flowers and personal hygiene; and games and activities such as counting and recognition.

Taufeeq is a smart student with strong recall skills. He is a quiet child but has a hunger to learn more and more from his 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 Taufeeq a firm educational base that will help them break out of their vulnerable existence in the red light area and step into a safe and secure future.

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

Thank you, Abhishek and Subin, so much for your gift to Taufeeq!