"All i want is a place of mine"

The Umang Study Circle is in full swing!

Functional since the past four months or so, the three small rooms at Navy Compound Centre at Chaitanya Nagar have proved to be haven for the children of classes 9 and 10.

The 10th especially with their preparation for the Boards loves their silent reading time undisturbed by anyone.

The children go back from the regular afternoon remedial classes at Umang, grab a bite at home freshen up and eagerly come back at 6 and stay on till 9 in th night. All this is done with parental permissions and supervision by a young collegian Rita, who keeps an eye .

Rita is an old student of the Umang coordinator, Pednekar Sir and diligently maintains a register of the students and reports on the goings on, and yes arranges for a healthy snack of brown bread and jam, and sometimes cheese.

A big thank you for the help with nutrition to Lubiana, of Rotary Lakers,Powai.

All the children who come there, say " didi ghar pe bahut chyaon chyaon hota hai aur padh nahi sakte, yahaan ache se padhai hoti hai"

Our children have learnt the art of facing the brick walls to find solitude and also learnt to break walls of prejudice!

Sunitha Kumari

Mentor, Umang,

Core Management,VIDYA Mumbai