Ganesh Baburao Sutar, age 16 years, is studying in class 8th in Mahatma Phule School, Pisoli, Pune. He has two younger sisters, Pooja, 12 and Poonam 11. Their mother passed away when Poonam was just 6 months old and same time their father left the 3 children to life’s mercy and went away. Ganesh’s maternal …
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I’m Mehraz Mullani. While my father worked as a mason, we lived in a small room on a construction site. Our parents would be at work, and we used to idle the day away playing in sand and roaming around the site. One fine day, a small four-walled school called Door Step School (DSS) started …
Children living in slums are more exposed to hard facts of life. In absence of proper guidance, they can easily fall for any wrong habits. Addiction to smoking and drinking is one of such obvious threats. Children witness the effects of addiction on people’s health, personal, family , and social life. It really depends on …
You might have seen them at the traffic signals many times, selling something and looking helpless. But you would not recognize them here today. Not just because of change in their attire or the makeup they have put up, but more so because of change in their confidence and happiness, thanks to unexpected opportunity to …
Door Step School was founded with a vision of empowering children from marginalized communities to become self-dependent and confident educated professionals. Over past several years, numerous teachers and facilitators from Door Step School have been striving to educate underprivileged children across Pune city. It was heartening to witness the results of all the hardwork, when …
Vikrant Rathod lives at the construction site of Mayur Kilbil in Dhanori. Vikrant’s family migrated to Pune from Pusad in Yavatmal in 2011. Door Step School staff helped him get enrolled in nearby government school in the same year. Vikrant started attending the school in 4th standard and now he has reached the 7th standard. …
At Door Step School, we try our best to get every child enrolled in a formal school. For this, we have to convince the parents to send their children to school. We also have to ensure that the school has a welcoming atmosphere for these children. While doing so, we had a surprisingly pleasant experience …
Kiran Arun Helam was enrolled in ZP school, Nasrapur in Std 4. He is from a temporary slum of Katkari (fisherman) community near Cheladi Phata. They are a scheduled tribe whose main occupation is fishing; and in rainy season they do odd jobs. Education is of no importance to them as their work does not …
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