Stories


Sadhana's story

"My earliest childhood memories are of my stepmother beating and burning me almost every day. Then my father died and she remarried. My next memories are of my stepfather sexually abusing me ...
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Mohommed, assistant mentor in Magic Bus programme

“The children that I work with come from the same background as mine. I have lived in the slums all my life. I know what circumstances the children come from and the challenges they face. No...
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Saraswati, peer leader in Magic Bus programme

"Growing up on construction sites, I had never been to school till I was nine. It was then that I was approached by a community worker from Sunbeam, an organisation which runs education progr...
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Sheetal's story

"When I was eight years old I remember being at an institution in Delhi. I had never seen my father and my mother had remarried. Her family never liked me and got me enrolled at the institute...
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