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Qumrun, the changemaker of Topsia
Qumrun, a daughter of a single mother. Her father left them when qumrun was still very young. She cant recall her father’s face. But her mother Tabassum worked day and night to keep the family moving. She has one younger brother and a granny. Tabassum is a ladies tailor by profession and earns a small…
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Anjum, an inspiration in Topsia
Anjum,17, resides beside the canal sewage in Mazdoorpara, Topsia with her family of five. Her father does cleaning work in a factory. Life is a daily struggle for families like them. Staying here beside the sewage canal where health and education remains a major challenge, she still has hope that it will become better over the…
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Taekwondo is changing young lives
These children come from the Topsia Squatter Community – a strip of land between 2 sewage canals. They are among the poorest and most marginalised in Kolkata (Calcutta). Opportunities for these children are rare but, thanks to you, Tiljala SHED provides a safe space and educational support for 600 children for 3 hours every day…
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Tabassum leads the way in her slum community
Tabassum resides in the densely populated Mochi para. Her father is a cycle rickshaw driver. Her mother works as a maid servant and earns a small meagre income of INR 4000 (US$ 48) per month after working for 8 long hours. Altogether they are a family of six members, her father is a diehard alcoholic…
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Laxmi leads the way in her community
Laxmi, 23, stays with her family in Kolkata slums beside the railway tracks. Her father Rajkumar sells street food, and her mother is a homemaker. She often helps her father in his work. She has 5 family members at present. She is pursuing Bachelor of Commerce 1st year and studying in Bangabashi College at Sealdah.…
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Zeenat is almost there.
Zeenat has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. She has defied all the prejudice and the cultural expectations that she will marry young and give up on education. She is almost there but she needs your help. Zeenat lives with her mother two sisters and one brother in Mallikpur a suburb near Kolkata. She comes…
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Fighting Poverty with Food Rations to the most needy
Akbar lives with his family in a small hut beside a sewage canal in Topsia Mazdoorpara He recently lost his father who was a ragpicker and was suffering from Tuberculosis. His mother is also a rag picker who has to look after the six children and struggling to meet ends. Akbar is in Class VIII…
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EmergencyRation Bring Relief to Starving Families
NurBanu, a 73 years old widow staying with her family of 5 living in a squatter settlement beside the railway tracks at Park Circus. She lives with her son Anwar, 47 years old and a waste picker earning approximately INR 3000 per month (US$ 36). His income has dipped after the installation of garbage compactors…
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Timely rations saves Kamruddin and Noorjahan
Kamruddin,78, staying beside the sewage in Narkeldanga is an old and sick man. He has 3 members in his family. His son is an alcoholic and spend all his earnings in alcohol and doesn’t take care of the family. Kamruddin’s daughter Chandni does all the household work and also takes care of her father. Kamruddin’s…
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Nek’s hard work, focus and determination
Nek, 42 years old is an enterprising woman at Topsia. She has a family of 7. All the members of the family live together beside the Topsia canal side (sewage). Her elder daughter got married 2 years ago. Now her elder son is working in a chappal factory and contribute a small amount to the…
