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At Wings, we had thought to use this summer as part summer camp/ part individual child tutorial time. As the heat soared and our teachers wilted, we adjusted and re adjusted the program. However, when a child developed a nose bleed on the playing field due to the strength of the sun, We started to […]

  Emerson wrote, “We do not count a man’s years, until he has nothing else to count.”  At Street Smart we count our blessings as the kids continue to dream and grow. Each one of our children holds the brush of a painter of Life in their hands. They select the colours of their thoughts; […]

Staffing for projects like ours is always difficult. We require not just the skill set for the job in question but empathy with our children who come from such difficult backgrounds. So, just when you think you have everyone in place and things are running smoothly for the moment, you reach behind and pat yourself […]

Teacher training at Aasraa Trust; The Amazing Meenakshi Basu Watching Meenakshi Basu work is a treat. How lucky we are to have her.  Our first class with Meenakshi explained why she is one of the most sought after teacher trainers inIndia. Her tone of voice, body language, meticulous attention to detail, ability to engage different […]

NAINA…..Our Failure Or Our Hope? When we walked into the shelter yesterday, we were greeted by the shy, embarrassed smile of 9 year old Adi, & a shifty, condescending leer from 11 year old Bhola, younger siblings of Naina, our ‘star queen’! Naina had come in only to bathe. To explain I’ll go back a […]