![[Interview] “There are so many things that I will remember!”](https://realitygives.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Blog-Post-20150304-Volunteer.jpg)
Yesterday Reality said goodbye to Shneeka Centre, a volunteer from the US who has been with us for 4 months. Before she hopped on a plane to Northern Island we sat down with Shneeka for a quick chai to reflect on her time volunteering in India… Can you give us an overview of your role at Reality? “I was a coach with the Girls’ Football program”. What were your first …
Last week Reality Gives staff, volunteers and supporters joined forces with an incredible team of India First employees, and 8ft ‘Doreamon’ and ‘Chota Bheem’ mascots (popular children’s cartoon characters), to deliver Royal City School’s first ever annual sports day. With races for children from Kindergarten to Standard II and even the mums and dads competing, it proved to be an incredible experience for all involved. Reflecting on the day Letizia …
The beginning of a New Year is often a time for reflection, for taking stock, and for looking to the future, which is exactly what we are doing here in Dharavi. We asked some of our staff, beneficiaries and minor celebrities (Pubalan) what their hopes, dreams and resolutions were for 2015. Here’s what they had to say… Over at Royal City School, Educational Programs Director, Lakshmi shared that “in 2015 …
As most of you will know by now, ‘Moustache Wallahs’ is in full force over here in the Reality Gives’ office with plenty of our boys sporting a mo. We’ve now begun some awareness session, talking ‘scrotums, the prostate, impotence and depression’ and are planning more sessions and clinics in the next few weeks. Our moustaches have sparked many locals and tourists to share the history of moustaches in India, along …
![[Interview] Meet Annabelle](https://realitygives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Blog-Post-20141016-Annabelle.jpg)
A few weeks ago we introduced you to Annabelle, a volunteer from England, who has joined the Reality Gives team here in Mumbai for the next few months. She is here to help develop the Youth Empowerment Program, focusing mainly on the Soft Skills aspect of it and will also be working at the Royal City School, running sessions to help empower and develop the teachers. Annabelle took a few …
![[Interview] “I have enjoyed every minute”](https://realitygives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Blog-Post-20141003-Lydia-Volunteer.jpg)
From late August to early October, Lydia Wummel, a Business Management student from Germany volunteered with us. Just before she boarded a flight we caught up with her and made one more request (she was gracious enough never to say ‘no’ to whatever we asked, one of the many qualities we loved her for), to tell us about her time here… “It is hard to believe that my six weeks …
![[Interview] “Football has made me strong and confident”](https://realitygives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Blog-Post-20140828-GoalClick.jpg)
Recently Goal Click asked us to help them identify a girl in Dharavi to take an analog camera with 27 shots on it and capture insights into their experience of football in Dharavi as part of their world wide mission to’provide a person in every country with one analogue camera and one roll of film to take photos that symbolise football in their country.’ To determine which of the girl’s …
This year Reality Gives are strapping on our trainers, hitting the tarmac and gearing up for the Mumbai Marathon 2015, and we want you to join us! Established in 2004 the Mumbai Marathon is the largest marathon in Asia and amongst the top 10 in the world (it’s also the largest mass participation event in Asia) with 40,000 participating in the event last year. The Mumbai Marathon 2015 will take …
This week children across India don their satchels (often larger than they themselves are), polish their shoes until they can see their faces in them and begin the new school year with a sense of nerves, anticipation and, hopefully, excitement. What many of these children won’t realise is that their teachers are feeling much the same. The 15 teachers Reality Gives supports at Royal City School (RCS), Dharavi, are no …
A few weeks ago Jayne Gorman, a UK based travel blogger contacted us to inform us she wanted to blog about Reality. Having visited us during the last four and a half years, which she has spent travelling the globe from Goa to the Vatican, San Francisco to Mumbai, Jayne explained that in that time her tour of Dharavi and exposure to the work Reality Gives had remained a very …
