Picnics, Problems and Pure Joy
The children know when we are back in Mumbai that there will be picnics so within hours of our arrival they are whispering in Indu’s ear...
What About Latifa
Latifa starts her day like most kids in the slum. She wakes amid a tangle of familiar bodies on the floor of her family’s one-room home....
Bhivarabai's New World
In the waiting room of Dr. Kumar’s Eye Clinic, we stood out. We were the only foreigners and the two middle-aged sisters who were...
In Attendance
Where are your shoes? What time do we leave? Did you have food this morning? What time does it start? What day are we required to show...
Party Time in Saki Naka
The kids kept adding names to the list while they sat knee-to-knee in Indu’s one-room home drawing Christmas trees, adding sparkles and...
Game On
Dealing with the new normal in India. Being in India is never easy, it’s never calm, it’s never boring and it’s never without small and...
Riya is Gone
Riya Is Gone - Born August 7, 2015 - Died August 24, 2016 In the Hindu religion there are numerous goddesses. In the slum community,...
Kids with Helping Hearts
We are forever grateful to these two groups of students from Canada and Australia, and their selfless teachers, who encourage and inspire...
Namaste Bhoomi
“Whoa, whoa” will forever be on repeat in my mind. I hope I never forget the way the corner of her little mouth moved up and to the left...
Expecting Nothing - Riya's tiny life
Riya was just three days old and weighed about two pounds when her mother, Neelam, who was barely into her twenties, died in a government...
