The following are small steps in service that our children, teachers and staff have taken:

Altaf, a child in my class has epilepsy. Whenever he has a fit, some of my kids actually carry him to take him to his destination. Geeta Didi

I gave a seat to a woman in the bus as she couldn't stand due to her sprained leg. Krishnamurthy

I filled water for my neighbour who is suffering from a severe disease. Rubina

I returned the extra rupee given to me by the conductor by mistake. Azim

On Sunday, I found a wallet at the Race Course. I looked around and asked a few people but nobody claimed it. I noticed a photograph on the wallet and searched for the person. When I found him I handed the wallet to him and he was very grateful. Santosh

Recently for Raksha Bandhan we decided to make rakhis (friendship bands) for the boys of an orphanage. My class was eager to know about their life and struggles and when it was time to leave they decided to give their personal rakhis to add to the 40 rakhis which we had made together.

My good deed was when I taught my mother to sign! Pushpa

One day I saw a small girl. She had lost her way to her house. I took her to the police station and the police knew her house. I told him to take care of the girl. The policeman told me not to worry.
I was very happy with what I did. Dinesh

Sagar has managed to convince his dad to give space to Doorstep School, another NGO, to run from his own home. His father at first wanted to charge them, however Sagar has convinced him not to. Anjali Didi

Last year during Christmas, we took our centre to the JJ old age home. We reached there and all my children were a bit shy and nervous and didn't know how to go about talking to them. Once they saw the older children talking to the people there, they also started. I was amazed how some of them went into the kitchen and started helping there. At the end, when it was time to leave, we saw how difficult it was for our kids to just let go. The people there were so happy and touched that they told us to some more often. My children enjoyed this trip and definitely are looking forward to doing such things more often. Nikki Didi

Earlier this year our community was served a demolition notice because the government wanted to build a bridge to connect 2 buildings. The notice was given on a Friday, which ensured that they could not approach the court for a stay order. The demolition meant that the families would be homeless or moved to places far away from their current location. There was a lot of damage and destruction but we managed to save more houses from being affected. The general sense in the community was of fear, tension and instability. But another feeling was of cooperation, sharing and humanity. People went out of their way to provide basic necessities and there was even a community kitchen initiated by Akanksha adolescents! Dimple and Jill Didi