Education

Elizabeth Sholtys believes in giving and teaching street children more than just the basics. She treats them like she would her own children and this has earned her the love of 200 slum kids who call her Ashraya centre their second home.

Nil Battey Sannata, which released on April 22, is a film with a big heart – one gem of a movie I would say.

Fate wasn't kind to Karishma and her sister when they were young. But not only did she fight to get both of them an education, she now leads efforts to empower other adolescent girls.

Suchita Baraik, an 18-year-old resident of Ranchi, Jharkhand, goes out every morning to work as a domestic help that enables her to earn a living for herself and her parents. But every evening, she takes up the role of a teacher for the 60 children who come to her house to study.

From getting low-income schools to play on the same pitch as the elite schools to partnering with an English Premier League Club, Neha and Vikas, the founders of Just For Kicks, have indeed come a long way in providing equal opportunity to all kids through sports.

Meet Ajeet Saxena – foster father to over 200 children of farmers in Maharashtra. This railway official has dedicated his life to the welfare of these kids, who are all known as Ajeet Saxena’s children wherever they go.

Is there a school for children who do not fall in the conventional bracket of the ‘right age for a classroom’ or the ‘correct academic level’? A school for dropouts who want to learn again? A school for child labourers who wish to study? Visit this remote village near Mysuru and you will find a unique school that is super welcoming of those who want to learn.

15 years ago, when this Mumabi resident came across a girl who really wanted to study and whose parents couldn’t afford to pay for her education, he decided to pay for it instead. Till today, he has paid for the overall education of over 200 such children. This is his story.

Sweta Singh is a homemaker who nurtured the dream of teaching kids in Chhapra, her hometown in Bihar, since she was child. But there weren’t many ways for her to do so as she was living 900 km away from Chhapra after her marriage. This is how she finally got a chance to start doing what she always wanted to do.

Edu-kick is a new initiative by the founders of Slum Soccer to help students of municipal schools learn mathematics and financial literacy through soccer.