By Chandni Patel | Fundraising and Communications Manager
3 year old Sanjay* was enrolled in the Umang Program by outreach workers who identified the immediate need to provide him with a safe space. With his mother active in the sex trade and his unemployed father spending his time lazing around the house, Sanjay was severely neglected. Eldest amongst his 3 siblings, he would spend endless number of hours inside the box shaped home, all by himself. When he was enrolled into AAWC, he would come shabbily dressed and had an alarming number of health issues. Over time, he learnt to adjust and it was soon possible for the teachers to wean him off unhealthy junk food as he started enjoying the wholesome meals provided at the center. He also began to pay attention to the art and craft activities done at the center and is on his way to steady progress.
With your constant support, Sanjay is now in the best of his health!
*name changed to protect identity
Organization Updates
Festival Celebrations: AAWC celebrated various festivals with our beneficiaries this quarter, such as Eid, Rakhi, Independence Day, Janmasthmi, Guru Purnima, Gopalkala and Teacher’s Day with children participating enthusiastically in skits, dance programs and fancy dress competition!
AAWC Representation: Online fundraising portal GlobalGiving presented AAWC with the opportunity to talk about our partnership with them and the benefits of field evaluation program, during a workshop conducted by GlobalGiving in Mumbai.
AAWC was also given the opportunity to talk about child labour in the red light district in a seminar organized by Kelkar College.
Capacity Building: AAWC staff attended MAF meetings where they discussed about Antiretroviral Therapy, stock out and ill treatment of HIV+ beneficiaries in hospitals.
Monthly Checkup: Monthly check-ups of the beneficiaries were conducted each month followed by providing medical assistance as required. A medical camp in association with E-Ward was also conducted in July for all beneficiaries.
Umang Updates
Night Shelter: The Umang Program reached a milestone as AAWC commenced the Umang Night Shelter in July for children living in high risk or unsafe home environment in the red light district.
Recreational excursions: The children have been enjoying their visits to the local garden twice a week where they enjoy playing on slides, swings and simply running around. They also visited Ganpati pandals during the Indian festival of Ganesh Utsav.
Art and Craft activities: Children had fun with foam paper as they learnt about geometric shapes, and created images of flowers using vegetable prints, spray paints and straws.
They also partook in craft activities during Independence Day and Rakhi celebrations by making various festivity décor.
Movie Screening: The children watched the Lion King, Madagascar and Jungle Book during movie screening sessions at the AAWC center.
Therapy sessions: Dog therapy sessions continued for the children and they also participated in stress buster sessions which involved jumping, shouting and colouring.
Story-telling sessions: Stories with moral lessons were conducted in an interactive way through puppets for the children. They also learnt about various animals by watching animation movie!
By Chandni Patel | Fundraising and Communications Manager
By Chandni Patel | Fundraising and Communications Manager
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