Director: Rtn. Renu Basu Chair: PP Shernaz Vakil Co-chair: Rtn. Sunny Pariyaram Members: Rtn. Dr. Mehernosh Dotivala, Rtn. Niloufer Lam, Rtn. Rhea Bhumgara, Rtn. Meher Vakil, Rtn. Ptn. Ami Jagtiani, Rtn. Moy Biswas, Rtn. Reema Damani Objective: The Mankhurd Early Intervention Centre provides specialised support to neurodivergent children and their families from birth to school entry (up to 6...
ANNUAL PROGRAMMES: 1. Nutritional Support for Street Children: - We support 45-50 street children by providing them with a nutritious meal daily, prepared by the Annamrita kitchen of the Iskcon Foundation. - Every day, a big container of fresh food, as per the menu decided by the committee, is sent from the kitchen to the Salaam Baalak Chowpatty...
AY elders and Lighthouse children celebrate World Digital Detox Day The Taj group, in keeping with their ethos of wellness for all and inclusivity, conducted community wellness sessions for around 210 beneficiaries of Ananda Yaan and Lighthouse. Dr. Aniruddha Madhusudan Bhide conducted a yoga and meditation session for children and their parents at Lighthouse (a project for children of...
Illuminating minds at Lighthouse This Diwali, our science camp at Lighthouse offered an enlightening journey into the world of energy. Pupils in first and second standards delved into the realms of potential, kinetic, light, and sound energy. Engaging in simple sound experiments, these young learners created charts, and each presented a concept at the science exhibition...
This Ganesh Chaturthi, Lighthouse students take home idols crafted by themselves. Child Welfare Committee of RCB thanks Rtn. Poonam Lalvani and the Life Foundation for organising this fun workshop. Children spent their weekend getting their hands dirty, playing in the mud, being creative and learning how to make eco-friendly Ganesh idols for the festival! Life Foundation...
Child Welfare Committee thanks Rtn. Poonam Lalvani for organising a free eye check-up through her Life Trust Foundation. A hundred children of Lighthouse got their eyes tested in the presence of Chairman Rtn. Charu Agrawal. Post-Covid, we noticed that children were struggling to read the blackboard during offline classes. Just as a lighthouse acts as...
Rotary Club of Bombay’s Child Welfare Committee supports nutrition for street children of NGO Salaam Baalak Trust. They have sent a thank you note to RCB: Salaam Baalak Trust provides holistic development support to street and homeless children. Our Charni Road centre provides nutrition, education and health services to children living on the streets of...
The Child Welfare Committee of RCB organised an educational field trip for a few street children of Salaam Baalak on November 28th, 2021. They spent their Sunday morning attending the Children’s World Music Festival at CSMVS museum. The children were exposed to the ancient throat singing by Huun Huur Tu from the distant land of...
the Madhu Mehta Foundation for gifting bumper Diwali hampers to our 125 children. Each goodie bag contained 15 surprise items that lit up the kids’ faces. While 79 bags full of gifts were given to the Lighthouse students of the Machchimaar community, 46 were presented to the street children of the Salaam Baalak Trust supported by...
Team Partners-In-Service of the Rotaract Club of Hinduja College successfully conducted ‘PRACISE’ (PRA: Prayer + CISE: Exercise) on September 25th, 2021, for the children of Lighthouse and Salaam Baalak. The word ‘gratitude’ was taught to them and also a prayer so that the children could begin to feel and count their blessings. The poem had words...
On September 28th, 2021, 15 members of the Rotaract Club of H.R. College organised a ‘learn with fun’ afternoon for the street children of Salaam Baalak supported by RCB’s Child Welfare Committee. Rotaractors divided the event into three segments: the first two involved questionanswer sessions whereby correct responses earned tokens to be redeemed by the children...
Charu also organised a session on ‘the magic of storytelling’ for the street children of Salaam Baalak at the Chowpatty Centre. Change a Life is an initiative by RCB which can be used to gift smiles. Sarita told the story of a lazy boy called Jack who found himself parentless and alone on the road. Eventually,...