By Jeremy Issac | Assistant Manager - Donor Relations
Sahaara believes that every person has a dream, and our work centers around ensuring that marginalized persons are able to articulate and work towards achieving their dream. Children living in Mumbai juvenile homes are one of the most marginalized children in Mumbai. Institutionalized, these children are most often from highly poverty stricken families.
As a part of the holistic intervention therein, Sahaara imparts computer education to the children between fourteen to eighteen years of age in the juvenile homes. Sahaara’s in- house computer course delivers a fitting foundation to the children preparing their skills for the technology-driven world outside the homes. The children attending the computer training get a start which will help them break out of the poverty cycle and fulfill their dreams of a stablefuture.
Below is the story of a child who has benefited by the MSCIT course conducted by Sahaara.
Arjun*, a 11-year old boy from Ghatkopar, Mumbai who lived with his mother and three brothers. His father passed away when he was very small. Arjun’s family was very poor and his mother was finding it very difficult to provide for the family. Arjun too felt not cared for by his mother, and felt his mother would ill-treat him.
In 2007, Arjun’s mother was finding it difficult to take care of them, so she put Arjun and three of his brothers in the remand home. She also felt that in the remand home they will be disciplined and taught well. In the remand home itself Arjun completed his 10th standard, which is where he came across the MSCIT program sponsored by Sahaara.
Arjun approached our Sahaara staff and showed interest towards joining the MSCIT course. He was clear that this course would be beneficial to make something of himself. He showed great interest while in the course and passed the MSCIT course with 70% marks. His goal in life is to become a doctor.
He is very grateful to Sahaara for the opportunity to be sponsored for the MSCIT course and all the learning opportunities he received through this course.
*Name changed to protect identity.
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