Education

Seeing kids as young as four cooking, cleaning, and venturing into the forest to forage for food is what inspired Christopher Rego to build the first 'Friendship Hostel' in a remote Manipur village.

"For almost two nights, I had to sleep at Bengaluru's Majestic bus stop with my youngest child burning up with fever. I didn’t know what to do other than crying helplessly, until someone showed me kindness. That was my turning point."

“I was passionate about photography and writing and that is what I did – I clicked their pictures and posted their story on our Facebook page. Slowly, we started seeing interest and people started coming forward wanting to help.”

“The smile that I see on the faces of my children after my class and the fact that they don’t feel like leaving, that’s my highest award,” says Remya Iyer, who would travel 70 km everyday to teach despite raising two young kids.

Skin rashes, frequent fevers and malnourishment are some of the commonly known health problems among the Chenchu tribe in AP’s Nallamala forest. In such a gloomy scenario IRS officer M Mohan Babu and his doctor wife Dr Sravani Deverakonda are a beacon of light

Not everyone has the power to build schools for the underprivileged. But we do have the power to give a child the gift that keeps giving! #InternationalLiteracyDay

While most coaching institutes charge anywhere between Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakhs, the most expensive package of LSES is for Rs 7999 and includes access to all content that they create.

Everyone thinks of helping school children by giving stationery but no one thinks of how to get the child to attend school. This Mumbaikar thought of it and is now giving cycles to underprivileged kids.

"She gave up her illustrious career to help Ladakh. What makes all this more touching is that she is offering her services selflessly and pro-bono," says Sonam Wangchuk about Gitanjali, who is also a serial entrepreneur, Russian Bolshoi ballet dancer and a certified karate black belt. #Respect #RealLifeHeroine

Students coming from outside the Indore district will be given free accommodation, food and transportation services.