14-year-old Muskaan has a gleam in her eyes since she started studyingat Pehchaan. Daughter of a part-time labourer, her day used to get lost indoing household jobs with her mother but now her days aren’t soaimless anymore. She dreams of becoming a teacher at a school.Dreams come easy to us, naturally. However, imagine living a […]
These days everybody is going on about volunteering or interning in an NGO. India has a significantly high number of non-governmental organizations, with a total number of 31 lakh registered NGOs operating which comes up to approximately 1 NGO for 600 people. Seems a lot, right? Now, with so many NGO catering to different sections […]
I have found my passion for kids a few years back, and I have worked and volunteered with them since then. Driven by my love and sincere belief that children are our future, dreaming of a better world would never be complete without investing in children. This belief has also motivated me to work as […]
“In every religion there is love, yet love has no religion.” – Rumi It is true that love knows no barriers, and when it comes to showering affection and love to our family of almost five hundred children, we celebrate each festival with a smile and show equal empathy to all our students. Pehchaan The […]
“Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them, for these only gave them life, those the art of living well” Aristotle was wise to recognise the importance of both education and educators. It is dreadful to witness the dearth of poverty each day on the streets and the […]
Why did i decide to work with pehchaan the street school I recently undertook a primary survey across the slum areas to ascertain the number of children going to school. I had the pleasure of meeting Laxmi, who was enrolled in grade 7. She had 4 siblings and her parents were household workers with a […]
India is the second most populous country in the world. The population of India is around 1.3 billion. New Delhi, the capital of India, is one of the fastest growing metropolitan cities. But, in a city like Delhi where human competes with time and moves towards growth, there are some areas which are still sulking […]
Pehchaan The Street School is a platform where we can help the children who are underprivileged and can not afford education. This NGO promotes Free Education to underprivileged children residing in the slum areas. Working with Pehchaan The Street School is a great opportunity because you get an opportunity to know the real condition of […]
“A Child without education is like a bird without wings. “– Tibetan proverb Education, as we all know and have experienced the gift of it, gives us knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better. It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and […]
The word “Pehchaan The Street School” in itself sounds so unique & I always wanted to explore the scene, the place and everything behind this word. What do they do? How can they make me work for the benefit of people? How can they make me contribute towards our society? But maybe due to lack […]