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 24, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Afreen, Gowardhan And Pratiksha
Afreen lives in Dharavi with her mother, four brothers and one sister. She has already completed the HSC and the theoretical part of a nursing course. Once she has done the practical element she will be in a position to apply for a job at a government hospital. When she is not busy with household …
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 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 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 …
December 22, 2012 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Teach India YEP Graduation!
On Sunday our Youth Empowerment Program students gathered at the National Centre for Performing Arts to celebrate their graduation from the Teach India English program. The English component of our Youth Empowerment Program has always been a huge focus and draw for the program, however this batch we made a significant change to the curriculum …
December 13, 2012 In Our Partners By reality_g
Masoom Resource Centre
One of the first connection projects of Reality Gives was Masoom,a not-for-profit organisation that aims to establish quality education in night-schools in Mumbai. Last Saturday they opened a new Resources Centre which was supported by Reality Gives. Chris and Summer visited the opening to inaugurate the centre and to discuss future plans. Given the inadequacies …
April 23, 2012 In Our Programs By reality_g
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!