My closest friend Sanovar is in town from University in Manipal and I went to her mum’s office IN GK, where Sanovar is volunteering. Her mum works as a facilitator and placement co-ordinator for ETASHA. As I was yapping away to glory to Mini aunty (Sanovar’s mother) Ian, who also works there, overheard me […]
Read MoreBetter for the Experience: Ananya Kanwar Ananya Kanwar, a Class X student of Birla Vidya Niketan, and her friends Pratakshya Yadav and Shreya Talwar both Class XI students at DPS RK Puram, spent a month volunteering with ETASHA’s community mobilisation team in Madanpur Khadar and Zakir Nagar. Here she writes about the the time there. My experience of […]
Read MoreI arrived on the 23rd of June, apprehensive and nervous. I’d never ‘worked’ before and felt my inexperience could prove to be a problem. I walked in around 10.15 and took a seat. My friend, Ambuja who had referred me browsed facebook (a perennial activity) while I waited for my interview. The first person I […]
Read MoreTo Sir, With Love As a first timer at one of ETASHAs Certification ceremonies, I did not really know what to expect from the students of the several batches who were receiving their certificates on that Saturday in Madanpur Khadar. It was overwhelming to see the manner in which all the students presented their speeches […]
Read MoreA new programme, a new location and a new challenge for us all at ETASHA. This March, we received a sum of money from a very generous donor, who requested the money be spent on providing training and placement for physically challenged young people. We gratefully took the cash…..and then had to work out how […]
Read MoreA sad but happy day. After three months of classes at Don Bosco Ashalayam, our employability skills program for the kids at the orphanage is over, and as always we finished with our certificate giving ceremony, speeches and, of course, the inevitable party! Don Bosco Ashalayam, (Home of Hope) started in January 1997 and provides […]
Read MoreI am Ananya Narain and I am doing 2 week internship at the ETASHA Society. I first came to know about the society when I attended the Suneet Verma fashion show that was held in support of the ETASHA society. I was overwhelmed by the video presentation of the society and by the confidence […]
Read MoreI am Sukanya and am doing a 2 week internship at Etasha. From the time that I remember, I have always had the inclination to work and make a difference in the social field and I guess most of my career decisions in life which includes taking up Law as a profession as well even […]
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