Naina… Our Failure or our Hope?
NAINA…..Our Failure Or Our Hope?
NAINA…..Our Failure Or Our Hope?
JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR BEST, NOT THEIR WORST
Our outreach programme continues unabated to bring more children under our fold. This is one of the toughest tasks faced by us. Convincing parents / ring leaders to change the course of a child’s life from that of a pitied beggar to one of a semi-skilled worker, living a life of dignity, has been an up-hill job….
March shall be remembered for it’s mask making drama class and its gift of shoes! Most children from all age groups and classes were involved in the theater class where Ram Lal-ji was diligently teaching the children the craft of mask making for a play we aim to produce later on in the year. However drama class was…
It’s a little late into the year to be reminiscing about February but considering our Wings project has never been blogged about, it’s exciting to be able to share some photographic highlights of the month.
March has really lived up to being a festive time. We began by celebrating the return of Sunita, Rajkumar’s younger sister. She returned from a two month de-addiction trip to Kerala with Julie. In her excitable manner she tells us she learnt to swim and dive in “salt water” and spent a lot of time on the beach…
What a month February has been! So many exciting things are happening and now we are waiting as patiently as possible to watch our new programs bear fruit.
I have been meaning to update our blog since the first year celebration post. But I fear in the invincible optimism of the Street Smart team, we tend to not appreciate how challenging the work is. Ergo, I decided to share some of these recent struggles that the staff and kids at Street Smart have … Read more
Rein Basera, the wonderful night shelter where we hold our program now also completed three years on January 1, and so the managing committees of Rein Basera and Street Smart decided to hold one program to celebrate both milestones.Everybody close to both initiatives was invited, speeches were prepared, caterers…
Led by our Coordinator Vandita, the children and staff first decked-up a little tree and the board at Rein Basera with Christmas decorations. Here is a picture, though I wish at least one of them was smiling!