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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 […]
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… Three of our children – Guddu, Amarjeet & Shobha won the 100m & 200m race, respectively. All in all a great fun filled day marked by the children’s […]
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 […]
From the time we took our nascent steps & started interacting with the children on the street, we ‘gently’ resisted dealing with the kids below the age of 6. Our reasons were compelling – we were not a crèche/’anganwadi’ equipped to deal with the wilful, crying tantrums of tots who lunched at their mother’s breasts & […]
