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– Rekha Prakash

Nanjunda is a daily wage worker at the construction site in Marathahalli, Bangalore. Shiva, age 14, now in 9th standard is the eldest among his three children. He has to choose between continuing his studies at the local government school to complete his SSLC exams and dropping out of school to take responsibility of his family’s expenses, being the elder son in the family. Read more about Shiva’s story and Sikshana’s impact on children like him here.

– Mahua Chatterjee

Impact and results are the real parameters of the success of an initiative. Pragati 2009 was an effort to come together, be together and work together to connect, share, and work towards enhancing the existing efforts of Vibha and its project partners. The objective was to culminate ideas, practices, and experiences. The conference was held at Bengaluru, India from October 2, 2009 till October 4, 2009. To know more about how Pragati impacted the projects, read here.

– Nandita Thakur

In April Vibha observed ‘Autism Awareness’ Month. Most of us were probably not even aware of the existence of Autism Awareness Month or may be some of us just shrugged it off as one of the plentitude of ‘awareness months’.Read more about the challenges and the needs of autistic children, and what we can do for them here.