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 …
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 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. …
April 8, 2013 In Special Events By reality_g
World Health Day In Dharavi
Yesterday was International World Health Day (anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948). For Reality Gives Health plays a very important role for our social activities in Dharavi’s communities as it is the foundation of every individual’s development. Successful education and livelihood projects are based on good health and therefore it all starts from …
March 26, 2013 In Our Staff By reality_g
Chris In Manila
When I told people that I was leaving Mumbai, they assumed that one of the reasons was to escape the chaos and pollution. When I said that I was going to Manila, Philippines, “Out of the frying pan and into the fire” is a phrase that was used more than once. Mumbai was my home. …
March 14, 2013 In Our Supporters By reality_g
US High School Students On A World Leadership Trip To India
For the second time already Reality Tours and Travel and World Leadership School organised a one week Dharavi village social service week for students of the Berkeley Caroll School in New York. Thirteen students between 15 and 17 joined the trip to learn about social issues and opportunities and intercultural exchange in India. On the …
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 …
January 31, 2013 In Our Programs By reality_g
English Language Support Program Goes Green
Reality Gives was very happy to get the help of the two enthusiastic volunteers Charmayne and Trevor from US in the last two weeks. They have visited different sites and wrote several blog articles for us to get updates on the projects. The first one is about the English Language Support Program and its recent …
January 11, 2013 In Our Supporters By reality_g
How A Smartphone Case Can Help Children In Dharavi
By beginning of this week we have introduced you to our Reality Gives Ambassadors from the Rickshaw Race Team 2013. Today we want to tell you the story of our new Ambassador who came up with such a great idea worth reading about. Christiana left her career behind in Chicago to travel the world in …