All his life, Ajay has lived next to a dumpyard. He’s grown up playing with rubbish and roaming through trash. He’s spent so much time with dirt that his skin has broken out into rashes.

“He just won’t sit at home. I don’t know what to do,” said Pempa, Ajay’s mother, when she first met Vision Rescue’s community worker. “There’s no way he’ll stay in your class,” she concluded.

Even so, our community worker convinced Pempa to send Ajay to our nursery inside their slum community, and for the first few weeks, it looked like Pempa was right about Ajay. He would run out of class, and go straight back to the dumpyard to play. And every time he did that, we’d convince him to come back to his education.
Slowly Ajay began loving learning. He began to enjoy colours, drawing, singing and rhymes. He discovered that he loves being a leader – whether it’s distributing crayons, slates or workbooks – Ajay is always ready to lead the way. And the best news? He’s no longer a fan of the trash pit. He says he wants to study hard and become a policeman!

It’s your gifts that have enabled Ajay’s transformation. Your support gave him the medical aid needed to heal his rashes, provided him with a daily nutritious meal, gifted him all his education materials, and best of all – supported him with teachers and community workers who drew him off the streets and into a promising future.

Thank YOU for rescuing Ajay from a mindset of poverty and gifting him dreams instead!

After witnessing the way Ajay’s life changed, Pempa chose to become a ‘Community Champion’ for Vision Rescue. She now convinces other mothers and children about the power of education, and she’s mid-way through our vocational training course for mothers in mehndi herself.

Thank YOU for gifting empowerment to Pempa, and freeing her son to flourish too!