Zaiba came to the Youth Empowerment Program to improve her English and computer skills after completing both the HSC in Commerce and a tailoring course in Dharavi. Zaiba hopes to enrol on a telecommunications course at Bhavans College, Churni Road. She is a talented painter, and wanted to become a graphic designer, but her parents …
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April 26, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Paresh, Jiten And Nisha
Paresh is currently a second year commerce student. His ambition is to become a chartered accountant or to be a real estate broker. He has lived in Dharavi all his life. His father is a carpenter and his mother is a housewife. Paresh thinks English language will be essential for job interviews, and for his …
April 25, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Reshma, Ahmed And Sharukh
Reshma is a first year student on an Arts degree programme, which includes a mixture of languages, geography and economics. Her father works in a bakery in Dharavi. She is very busy, juggling college classes, the Youth Empowerment programme and caring for her mother, who is unwell. She eventually hopes to become a teacher in …
April 23, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Asmabee, Kuyaram And Pankaj
Asmabee has lost her parents, and works hard at home to look after her five older siblings. When her mother was sick, Asmabee felt that the nursing staff didn’t give her mother a good standard of care. She is now determined to undertake a nurse training course in Santa Cruz so she can help others. …
March 8, 2013 In Our Staff By reality_g
Women Creating A Change For Our Communities!
On International Women’s Day we would like to introduce you to the strong and great women in our organisation who create a change for our communities. These are especially our great teachers form the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) and the English Language Support Program (ELS). Today we would like to tell you more about Jyoti, …
February 18, 2013 In Special Events By reality_g
Dharavi Diaries Helps Women Who Were Affected By Massive Fire
At 3am on January, the 22nd the residents of Naya Nagar, the pipeline area close to Sion-Link Road in Dharavi noticed a fire which soon became massive and burnt more than 25 houses down. Dharavi Diaries is a new innovative project that works in this area and is especially concerned of the women issues. They …
February 14, 2013 In Our Beneficiaries, Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
YEP Student Yogeshwar Travels The World
Yogeshwar is a former student of Reality Gives’ Youth Empowerment Program. When I first met him in June 2012, he told me a little about his background. He had passed his HSC in Commerce and went to work at Matunga Labour Camp. He worked as a garment maker for three years and then went to …
February 11, 2013 In Special Events By reality_g
Foundation For Mother And Child Health
Reality Gives works very closely with the Foundation for Mother & Child Health (FMCH) to help people in the Dharavi community live healthier lives. We visited the FMCH office where their admirably lofty vision statement hangs proudly on the wall as a constant reminder of the work to be done: “We dream of a world …
February 4, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
YEP Student Kaveri Graduated From Hotel Management Training
Sonam and Kaveri Shinde are sisters who live not far from the Reality Gives Community Center with their parents and two brothers. Kaveri participated in the Youth Empowerment Program last year, receiving English Language Support, computer training, and soft skills instruction. When someone from Youth Career Initiative came to recruit for a 6-month hotel management …
January 25, 2013 In Special Events By reality_g
The Impact Of A Donation
At the beginning of this month the Rickshaw Run Team “Where the tuk is the party” has visited Reality Gives and its partners. They have brought Rs 70k with them to donate towards various programs. Rs15k went towards the CORP disabled children program and provided two calipers for beneficiaries in need. These are their stories, …