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While talking about Street Smart with our newest member Vandita, we started to go through all the pictures that we have taken at the project since we started in January this year. It was incredible to look at the change in these kids in six months! Look look LOOK!! Then: Naina on the first day […]

Ever since our shift to Rein Basera a few weeks back, our focus too has shifted significantly to cleanliness. At Gandhi Park, we did not have the means to ensure that the kids sit with clean hands and faces. Shaila occasionally  bought wet-wipes and we would use at least five on each child before the hands […]

Ever since we started our program in January this year, we have been struggling to find a way to rehabilitate our two orphaned, homeless siblings: Rajkumar (15) and Sunita (8). There are several problems, the gravest of which is the fact that they are both severely addicted to correction fluid (Whitener). The siblings have family. […]

For someone smart, it is an uphill task a bit like Sisyphus but we will get there… determination and tears (Shweta’s, not Shaila’s)! Shaila is sitting here, grinning like a Cheshire cat thinking she has invented Facebook! Watch for updates!

We moved into Rein Basera on the morning of June 13th to begin the next phase of the program. Within one hour of the program, we were feeling like swatted flies! However, let us begin on a more positive note. At Rein Basera, we decided to divide the children into two groups: 14 and above […]