Zaiba came to the Youth Empowerment Program to improve her English and computer skills after completing both the HSC in Commerce and a tailoring course in Dharavi. Zaiba hopes to enrol on a telecommunications course at Bhavans College, Churni Road. She is a talented painter, and wanted to become a graphic designer, but her parents …
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April 26, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Paresh, Jiten And Nisha
Paresh is currently a second year commerce student. His ambition is to become a chartered accountant or to be a real estate broker. He has lived in Dharavi all his life. His father is a carpenter and his mother is a housewife. Paresh thinks English language will be essential for job interviews, and for his …
April 25, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Reshma, Ahmed And Sharukh
Reshma is a first year student on an Arts degree programme, which includes a mixture of languages, geography and economics. Her father works in a bakery in Dharavi. She is very busy, juggling college classes, the Youth Empowerment programme and caring for her mother, who is unwell. She eventually hopes to become a teacher in …
April 24, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Afreen, Gowardhan And Pratiksha
Afreen lives in Dharavi with her mother, four brothers and one sister. She has already completed the HSC and the theoretical part of a nursing course. Once she has done the practical element she will be in a position to apply for a job at a government hospital. When she is not busy with household …
April 23, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Meet YEP Students Asmabee, Kuyaram And Pankaj
Asmabee has lost her parents, and works hard at home to look after her five older siblings. When her mother was sick, Asmabee felt that the nursing staff didn’t give her mother a good standard of care. She is now determined to undertake a nurse training course in Santa Cruz so she can help others. …
February 14, 2013 In Our Beneficiaries, Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
YEP Student Yogeshwar Travels The World
Yogeshwar is a former student of Reality Gives’ Youth Empowerment Program. When I first met him in June 2012, he told me a little about his background. He had passed his HSC in Commerce and went to work at Matunga Labour Camp. He worked as a garment maker for three years and then went to …
February 4, 2013 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
YEP Student Kaveri Graduated From Hotel Management Training
Sonam and Kaveri Shinde are sisters who live not far from the Reality Gives Community Center with their parents and two brothers. Kaveri participated in the Youth Empowerment Program last year, receiving English Language Support, computer training, and soft skills instruction. When someone from Youth Career Initiative came to recruit for a 6-month hotel management …
December 22, 2012 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Teach India YEP Graduation!
On Sunday our Youth Empowerment Program students gathered at the National Centre for Performing Arts to celebrate their graduation from the Teach India English program. The English component of our Youth Empowerment Program has always been a huge focus and draw for the program, however this batch we made a significant change to the curriculum …
September 26, 2012 In Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Youth Empowerment Program Students Afreen, Yogeshwar and Sobha
After a break of our Reality Gives stories we are back now with three more YEP students who successfully graduated three weeks back. We wish them and all the other students of this batch very good luck. Afreen’s older sister Amreen is a former student of the Youth empowerment Program and encouraged Afreen to sign …
August 21, 2012 In Special Events, Youth Empowerment Program By reality_g
Our Dharavi Runners Rakesh, Afsha, Sheeba and Anand
Some weeks ago we already introduced you to our Dharavi Runners and football girls Mahalakshmi and Christeena. Now we would like to unveil the rest of the team. Eight of our Dharavi runners are already sponsored by our very generous supporters. Find out how you can sponsor our remaining enthusiastic participants from Dharavi including the …