Ten students from Reality Gives’ programs in Dharavi joined together with 8 street children and their parents to complete two wall segments. The first mural shows the trees and waters that are found in Mumbai highlighting the message “keep us clean” with the dream of seeing a cleaner Mumbai. The second shows a colorful and …
Kindergarten Closure
After 3 years of wonderful work teaching students using the child-centred approach, Reality Gives has decided to close the doors of Muskaan, our kindergarten. “This was a really difficult decision to make, however we saw that we could impact more children through our English Language Support Program in the local public schools,” said Summer Starr, …
Prince Andrew’s Visit To Dharavi.
During his one-week visit in India, His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew, Duke of York came to see Dharavi, one of Asia’s biggest slums to learn about the benefits and challenges of industry in Dharavi, the issues related to vernacular medium schools in Mumbai, and how art programs are allowing children to explore themselves and their …
Art Class Students Explore Bandra Through A Camera Lens
Last week we invited you for the exhibition’Dharavi: hum baccho ki nazar se – Dharavi: through kids’ eyes’ at False Ceiling Gallery in Bandra West from 21st to 24th April.It is still going on and everybody is welcome to marvel at the photos. But hurry up, we already sold a lot of photographs!
Dharavi Through Kids’ Eyes
We are super excited to invite all our friends, fans and supporters to the exhibition ‘Dharavi: hum baccho ki nazar se – Dharavi: through kids’ eyes’ at False Ceiling Gallery in Bandra West from 21st to 24th April.
Personal Feedback on Dharavi Tour
Some weeks ago we blogged about the students for the Berkeley Carroll School in New York who came to India to build a Community Center in a Maharashtrian village.
Volunteers: Pat and Joyce’s experience.
Patrick and Joyce Zickler from US are a nice slightly older couple with a big heart. When Pat came to Mumbai in 2009 for a conference he did his first Dharavi tour with Reality Tours and Travel and fortunately his first guide was Krishna. And since we all know that everybody falls in love with Krishna’s communicative, …
Letter From Chris Way Our Founder.
Reality Gives, since it was created in August 2009, has focused on providing quality education to the people of Dharavi. We have been able to educate children through our kindergarten, Youth Empowerment Program and English Language Support programs. All of which has been made possible by the revenue generated through our sister organisation Reality Tours …
Global Giving Challenge.
This monday we open a new chapter in the Reality Gives history. We have been accepted by GlobalGiving UK to participate in its Gateway Challenge, a fundraising opportunity for nonprofit organizations in which we get the chance to compete for bonus funding.
Yuwa Girls Football Program
Reality Gives and Yuwa will start a girls football for empowerment program in Dharavi by end of April. YUWA is an organisation with roots in the state of Jharkhand, in North Central India, a region infamous for child marriage, human trafficking and lack of opportunities for girls. Yuwa started its first football club in February 2009 …