Learning to catch the stars…
Usha Mohan, ex Vice Principal, Cambrian Hall, was kind enough to tutor some of our Olympus High students in English during the summer break. This is what she has to say….
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Night Shelter – An Urgent Need
Gopal, 17/18 years old, was found by Ramlal at the railway station 7 months ago. He could barely see out of one eye and was hearing impaired. It transpired Gopal had lost his father and was at the mercy of his paternal uncle who regularly beat him, severely injuring his ear and his vision. Gopal escaped by…
Aasraa Guest House
Aasraa has set up a Guest House.
Kanwali Road…….
Today was an unbelievable, awesome day as 65 children trooped in for the afternoon outreach on the 2nd day at the Unnayan Shiksha Kendra. The noise level was phenomenal, the excitement of the children palpable & our satisfaction at the end of three hours complete.
Kanwali Magic
Our efforts with slum and street children on Kanwali Road are progressing steadily. We are delighted by the positive response from the children! The day outreach program is bringing in 56 children into the shelter daily. The children come enthusiastically come rain or shine. The staff at the shelter is teaching…
Chandini
This is Chandini – an energetic, bubbly, endearing vegete, hungry for affection & approval. Eleven year old Chandini is a fair skinned, brown eyed, beautiful child, a double amputee, who has been begging at one of the busiest intersections of Dehradun for the last 5 years, under the alias ‘Sanjay’, to protect her…
The art of law enforcement
We were privileged and delighted to meet the new DGP, Mr.Satyavrat Bansal at his office. Mr.Bansal was apprised of the event that occurred a couple of Sundays ago when 3 of our children were taken into custody, along with 40 others, for not having identity papers. They were kept in the lock up till 8 pm, used as…
Inter School Athletic Meet – Photographs
St.Joseph’s Academy organised an inter school athletic meet for the underprivileged children. Among the other schools that participated were the Bal Vanita Ashram, Purva Madhyamik Vidalaya, Uniyan Shiksha Kendra…
Raj Kumar
It is so rightly said, ‘you can never understand someone, till you get under their skin and walk around in it.’ We have tried our level best for the past three years to understand the psyche of the street children, to get under their skin and view the world from their perspective, commiserated with them over their…
The Naked Truth…….photo essay
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