“My life hascompletely changed after I started sharing my time and knowledge with childrenfrom slum areas, who otherwise have not much access to alternative education.Since the day I started giving them tuition, I am growing more in myprofessional and personal life”, said, Rajesh Singh, who along with his friendShivangi have turned teacher for the slum kids.
From giving daily classes to the needy kids here nearLaddhewali road and teaching them alphabets, counting etc, Rajesh and Shivangiare also engaged in making slum kids learn how to operate modern equipmentslike Laptop and cell phones.
Quoting that a chance encounter of Shivangi with the slumkids who were standing outside a book stall having a thirst in their eyes togain knowledge, pushed them to volunteer to teach the needy kids, said Rajesh.He said this idea first stroke in the mind of Shivangi who then asked him tospare his evening time to give classes to the students.
Rajesh said, since past 4-5 months they are daily givingtuitions to the kids. He said, while there use to be only 2-3 kids at the startbut over the time as many as 8-9 kids have showed interest in learning andgaining knowledge.
Rajesh further added that, I also go live on facebookwhile teaching the students so that the influential people in my contacts getan idea and may come forward to donate books or sponsor their studies. He alsosaid that a few NGO’s in the recent past have contacted him and Shivangi tobring these children to their NGOs and we were offered job as teacher.
Shivangi said, “The children are basically from poor families,some of them are children of migrant labours, other belongs to the family ofrag pickers or domestic helpers”.
They wanted to learn, to go to school but thehelplessness of their parents who do not have enough money to pay their schoolfees is killing their desire to study, she added.
Meanwhile, appealing the youth of today that they shouldspend their time with such kids and share their knowledge by educating them,Rajesh said, “When we contribute towards changing the lives of others, our lifetoo gets changed”. He said, since the day he has started working for this noblecause job opportunities and other offers are raining for him”. My life hasbecome more positive and I remain peaceful now, he added.