Two Hundred Lives Saved
Two Hundred Lives Saved
A knight in shinning armour appeared just when he was needed most, writes Maya Shahani of XL Life Member Paul Dunn.
Paul Dunn, the wizard of WOW, recently salvaged the lives of 200 slum children whose school was in danger of closing down due to lack of funds. Geeta Nagar, a hub of sprawling hutments, is situated in the heart of south Mumbai and has a population of over 40,000 slum dwellers. SAGE Foundation with the help of Helping Hands in Service, a registered Trust, has promised to take care of the education, health and vocational training of the children and their families by adopting over a 100 families living there in subhuman conditions.
An SOS for Funds
With funds running dry in Geeta Nagar, SAGE sent out an SOS for raising funds in order to keep the school doors open for these hapless children. Paul came in like a knight in shinning armour and immediately donated U$$10,000 from his company Envision Enterprises, through Buy1Give1.
Paul has a special corner in his heart for the Geeta Nagar slum dwellers. On one of his visits to Mumbai, I took him and Masami to see Geeta Nagar. They spent several hours with the children there and became part of their lives. Paul asked Rajesh, one of the slum children:”If there was one thing you would like to change in these slums, what would it be?”The little boy of nine, in all his wisdom, replied,”I would like to change the people” “And how would you change the people?” asked Paul “By educating them,”the little boy replied.
Thank you, Paul. By donating &10,000 you have helped Rajesh’s dream stay alive. (He is in one of the pictures with Masami)
Thank you, Buy1Give1, for being the channel of JOY in the lives of hundreds of children. The sale of Masami’s book JOY helped SAGE to buy pencil and compass boxes for the children.
Dave Roger’s donation of $1,000 through Buy1Give1 to the Midday Meals scheme helped feed the children of Geeta Nagar slums for so many months.
Buy1Give1 really transforms lives every day in every way.
Maya Shahani
Chairperson,
SAGE Foundation
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Email : maya@shahanigroup.com
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