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How 'Guru Gary' is using cricket to keep slum kids away from drugs
The Foundation took 13 young players and two coaches from Khayelitsha to the World Cup in the UK in 2019.
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Maharashtra: Police Station Holds English Classes For Kids From Slums
The classes were started for 14 middle school students, of which six had not even attended online classes during the lockdown, an official said.
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"Unique" Autorickshaws In Mumbai's Covid Fight: Milind Deora Posts Video
Mumbai today received a retrofitted autorickshaw which will bring oxygen treatment to the doorstep of severely unwell COVID-19 patients in its populous slums, where density has hindered the fight against the coronavirus disease.
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Maharashtra Teacher Creates COVID-19 Nursery Rhyme For Kids In Slums
In a bid to create awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic among children in slums, a teacher in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city created a nursery rhyme in Marathi to teach them the 20-second hand-washing routine.
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BJP Leader Plans To Distribute Firecrackers Among Slum Kids On Diwali
A BJP leader today said he would distribute firecrackers among the children living in the slums here, claiming that the act would not violate the Supreme Court order banning the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR this Diwali.
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Never Thought I Could Give My Kids A Pucca House: Delhi Slum Dweller
New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 350 slum dwellers in Delhi as the state government allotted them flats on Monday. The slum dwellers, who had been living in the slums of Nehru Camp east Delhi’s Patparganj areas for decades, had an emotional meltdown when Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave them allotment letters for the one-bed room...
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This 9-Year-Old 'Librarian' Educates Kids In Her Slum In Bhopal
Class III student Muskaan Ahirwar, who lives in a slum in Bhopal, is a firm believer in Nelson Mandela's famous quote: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world".
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Arvind Kejriwal Says Rahul Gandhi 'Just a Kid', in Row Over Delhi Slum Demolition
Arvind Kejriwal today called Rahul Gandhi a "kid" in a political war of words over the controversial demolition at a Delhi slum on Saturday, in which a baby died.
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In Old Newspapers, an Idea to Get Mumbai's Slum Children Back to School
Rekha Parkhe, 15, dreams big. She wants to become a doctor and is ready to put in the hard work that will help her realise her ambitions. But education is a luxury her parents can barely afford.
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'Platform Pathshala': This Policeman Strikes a 'Deal' With Slum Kids
A Delhi Police constable has started a 'platform pathshala' at Delhi's Nizamuddin Railway Station after striking an unique 'deal' with children from the slums: "Study for an hour and you can sell your papads".
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On Twitter, Amitabh Bachchan is All Praises For Dharavi Rock Band
"Moments with the 'Dharavi Rock Band'... Scintillating experience... RJ Malishka and organisers, well done!! Kids from band of Dharavi, arguably world's largest slum, were all 'rag pickers'. Music changed them all," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted after the show
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For 200 Kids Who Walk Through Sewage to School, Finally, a Bridge
At 7 every morning, around 200 students, some as young as six, spend two minutes wading through knee-high sewage and slush to get to school. Human waste washes around their ankles; they try to swat flies away.
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Dhanush's Kaakka Muttai First Non-Kannada Film to go Tax Free in Karnataka
Kakka Muttai is the heart-warming story of two slum kids' struggles to lay their hands on a pizza
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Slum kids in Argentina play cricket to fight poverty
Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a slum so dangerous that most outsiders don't dare enter. But the kids playing the ball-and-bat sport in a dirt training ground say they've found new hope in a sport that is mostly restricted to the elite.
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Jaipur labourer gives free music lessons to slum kids
A daily wage labourer, who could not pursue his own dream, is opening up a future for slum kids by teaching them music - for free.
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How 'Guru Gary' is using cricket to keep slum kids away from drugs
The Foundation took 13 young players and two coaches from Khayelitsha to the World Cup in the UK in 2019.
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Maharashtra: Police Station Holds English Classes For Kids From Slums
The classes were started for 14 middle school students, of which six had not even attended online classes during the lockdown, an official said.
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"Unique" Autorickshaws In Mumbai's Covid Fight: Milind Deora Posts Video
Mumbai today received a retrofitted autorickshaw which will bring oxygen treatment to the doorstep of severely unwell COVID-19 patients in its populous slums, where density has hindered the fight against the coronavirus disease.
-
Maharashtra Teacher Creates COVID-19 Nursery Rhyme For Kids In Slums
In a bid to create awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic among children in slums, a teacher in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city created a nursery rhyme in Marathi to teach them the 20-second hand-washing routine.
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BJP Leader Plans To Distribute Firecrackers Among Slum Kids On Diwali
A BJP leader today said he would distribute firecrackers among the children living in the slums here, claiming that the act would not violate the Supreme Court order banning the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR this Diwali.
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Never Thought I Could Give My Kids A Pucca House: Delhi Slum Dweller
New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 350 slum dwellers in Delhi as the state government allotted them flats on Monday. The slum dwellers, who had been living in the slums of Nehru Camp east Delhi’s Patparganj areas for decades, had an emotional meltdown when Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave them allotment letters for the one-bed room...
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This 9-Year-Old 'Librarian' Educates Kids In Her Slum In Bhopal
Class III student Muskaan Ahirwar, who lives in a slum in Bhopal, is a firm believer in Nelson Mandela's famous quote: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world".
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Arvind Kejriwal Says Rahul Gandhi 'Just a Kid', in Row Over Delhi Slum Demolition
Arvind Kejriwal today called Rahul Gandhi a "kid" in a political war of words over the controversial demolition at a Delhi slum on Saturday, in which a baby died.
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In Old Newspapers, an Idea to Get Mumbai's Slum Children Back to School
Rekha Parkhe, 15, dreams big. She wants to become a doctor and is ready to put in the hard work that will help her realise her ambitions. But education is a luxury her parents can barely afford.
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'Platform Pathshala': This Policeman Strikes a 'Deal' With Slum Kids
A Delhi Police constable has started a 'platform pathshala' at Delhi's Nizamuddin Railway Station after striking an unique 'deal' with children from the slums: "Study for an hour and you can sell your papads".
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On Twitter, Amitabh Bachchan is All Praises For Dharavi Rock Band
"Moments with the 'Dharavi Rock Band'... Scintillating experience... RJ Malishka and organisers, well done!! Kids from band of Dharavi, arguably world's largest slum, were all 'rag pickers'. Music changed them all," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted after the show
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For 200 Kids Who Walk Through Sewage to School, Finally, a Bridge
At 7 every morning, around 200 students, some as young as six, spend two minutes wading through knee-high sewage and slush to get to school. Human waste washes around their ankles; they try to swat flies away.
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Dhanush's Kaakka Muttai First Non-Kannada Film to go Tax Free in Karnataka
Kakka Muttai is the heart-warming story of two slum kids' struggles to lay their hands on a pizza
-
Slum kids in Argentina play cricket to fight poverty
Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a slum so dangerous that most outsiders don't dare enter. But the kids playing the ball-and-bat sport in a dirt training ground say they've found new hope in a sport that is mostly restricted to the elite.
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Jaipur labourer gives free music lessons to slum kids
A daily wage labourer, who could not pursue his own dream, is opening up a future for slum kids by teaching them music - for free.
