Royal City School Opens It’s Doors For a New School Year
Last Monday, schools across the country opened their doors and welcomed back students from their summer holidays. Over at Royal City School, it was no different. With four new teachers joining the staff (more on them later), there was a palpable sense of expectation and excitement in the air at the school. We were struck […]
International Women’s Day in Dharavi
This previous Saturday, people across the world came together to mark International Women’s Day, and here in Dharavi, it was no different. At the Community Centre our Youth Empowerment Program students presented speeches, posters and plays about influential women (ranging from hockey players to, astronauts and politicians), on the football field the Dharavi Girls Football […]
“You believe in me and I will be the best thing”
On 6th February, 2014, 31 new students became the 25th and 26th groups to participate in the Youth Empowerment Program held at the Reality Gives Community Centre in Dharavi. This program spans 15 weeks, with students studying English, Computers and Soft Skills. One week into the program, some of the students sat down with us […]
American School Of Bombay Come To Dharavi!
On the last Sunday of January in the late afternoon, students from Reality Gives programs sit hushed in a room watching intently as their peers strut their stuff upon the stage that is the Reality Tours and Travel Reception Centre, their expressive faces lit by a sole beam of light. The room is packed with […]
Barefoot Acupuncture Site Report
Nieck has been our first-ever intern with Reality Tours & Travel. Despite some serious health issues he managed to interview 74 Dharavi residents about their perception of slum tours in their communities. His thesis will still take some more months so we will need to wait for an overview of his results. But he has […]
Hearing Aid Distribution At CORP
As we entered into the main room of the Reality Gives supported Community Outreach Program (CORP) Shalom Centre, a daycare centre for disabled children, we were greeted with smiling, eager faces. Five days a week, from 4:00 to 6:30, a regular crowd of around 15 children spends the afternoon at CORP Shalom Centre. On Saturdays, […]
Meet Jonny
Today, we would like to introduce you to Jonny, who just spent three months working with the Reality Gives Community Centre team on project management and curriculum development. He isn’t new at Reality Gives. In 2010, he was part of the team that created the Youth Empowerment Program, and since then, he has been involved […]
Dance Classes In The Community
It is such a treat to witness the Reality Gives dance class on a Sunday morning. The Ashayen Community Centre is packed with more than forty enthusiastic dancers. Ranging in age from 3 -15, they have memorised lyrics and moves to the Steps song ‘5-6-7-8′ with impressive commitment and enthusiasm. Leading the way are Deshna […]
Youth Empowerment Program Trust Walk
Trust is a base from which you build confidence. Having Trust in yourself and then in others is very important for the growth of a person. The ‘Trust walk’ is one of the most important lessons of our Youth Empowerment Program (YEP). The objective of the YEP is to build the capacities of the youth […]
Welcome Peter, Our New Director Of Sports Programs
My name is Peter Woolcock and I have just joined Reality Gives as Director of Sports Programs. I am originally from Exeter in the UK, and I moved to Mumbai last January from London. In the last months, I have been volunteering with the “Goal Program”, a women’s empowerment program that uses sport (particularly Netball) […]