Tag: Kolkata
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A brief update on the Topsia Evening Class Education project in Kolkata
I am in regular touch with Parveen our programme co-ordinator and who has taken a special interest in this cohort of young people. This is what she tells me: Our centres are open and the vulnerable children from our communities are coming in for daily classes. As you see from the photos social distancing is…
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Fahim
This is Fahem. Yesterday his mother was crushed to death by a truck. This week Fahem and 19 other young people from our Topsia Evening Class are due to receive smartphones to enable them to continue their education online. Fahem is 17 years old and wants to be a lawyer. Fahem lives in a shelter…
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Thank you for all your support through 2020
It has been an especially difficult year for India’s most vulnerable communities. But with the support of our wonderful donors and with Tiljala SHED’s hard work, we have been able to provide huge amounts of food relief, educational support and disaster relief. Read on… Lockdown When India locked down on 25th March, no one was…
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Saika’s Story
Saika is 17 years old and lives in a a shelter beside the open sewers of Topsia in Kolkata. She lives with her father, who is a street vendor selling puffed rice and gram; her mother, a homemaker; a sister and brother. The family struggles to survive on her father’s tiny income. Yet all three…