MD Nasim is just in his teens, but life has dealt him some difficult cards. Around the time of his birth his parents and two older brothers left their hometown in Uttar Pradesh and moved to Mumbai to find work. They settled into a tin-sheet house in a slum community, and his parents and two older brothers took up what odd jobs they could find to feed themselves. Four years later, Nasim’s father was returning from a trip to his hometown when he went missing at the railway station, never to be found again. Last year Nasim’s older brother died of an electric shock at work.
Just a few months before, Nasim’s Class 7 teacher at a local government school had told him he was no good at studies, and he had dropped out of school for good.
In August this year, Nasim joined our Open Basic Education classes that enable drop-outs to study again. His teacher encouraged him continually and Nasim slowly overcame his under confidence.
In October you gifted him dental screening and medical assessment, and this month he participated in our annual Sports Day. He turned up extra early to help clear the grounds for games and you should have seen the joy on this face throughout the day!
