NGO - LEAD Foundation: Love, Education and Aspiration to change Destinies

Diwali Celebration with Lavhali children

2011-10-30T01:50:00.000-07:00

Hi All, Diwali festival of lights was celebrated in Lavhali with great enthusiasm. Children of all ages got together for this special day with loads of surprises for us. They decorated the main hall with their creative skills and greeted us with song, dance and most importantly with love. Rupesh sir conducted few wonderful games for children, aimed at boosting their self confidence and teaching

All Volunteer meet at LEAD Airoli Center

2011-09-25T11:52:00.000-07:00

Hello LEADers, I am sure those of us who attended the Volunteer Interaction today felt energized and inspired. At least I did. Here is what happened for those who missed it! Around 26 of us arrived at the center for a completely informal interaction session. The agenda of the meeting was clear- a platform for volunteers to meet each other, discuss and tell about their challenges, find

Admitting Airoli Sec-14 Kids In the School !!

2011-08-01T19:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks Shefali.. You could finally pull off with this report ;-)) I too can write at extreme lengths about these children and their parents and all.. But I guess, that's not needed now... you have already beautifully summarized the most essential part till now... I feel Rahul needs to chip-in with some of the new admission process that happened after admitting these sec-14 kids... This will

LEAD gets Ghansoli school too on track !!

2011-07-30T19:54:00.000-07:00

Hi Amit, Thanks for sharing this and most importantly for going head bravely as per our telephonic discussion.... ;-)) Many of us may not know this, but our Airoli municipal school teachers are still praising us and appreciating our efforts, as we could explain the right laws & practices to their school principal as this comes as a big relief (physical, mental and financial) for all the poor

All Ghansoli children in school now !

2011-07-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Amit, Good Job !! All this reminded me some of my experiences when I had taken a gang of about 20 children and their mothers/fathers from diff slum communities in our Airoli based Marathi based Municipal school...Arun too was part of this...Aug 2008....So I do understand, the kind of feelings of satisfaction & achievement that a person might experience during this activity.... http://

Fantastic visit to Anugraha children's home and Clay Workshop at Lavhali

2011-07-03T11:12:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends, Plz find below the wonderful experiences shared by one of our volunteers Ameetha... Special thanks to our beautiful volunteer Geeta for playing the role of typist. ;-) (Ameetha doesn't have PC at her home and so she wrote this essay on a paper & Geeta took the pains for converting it into the digital form for all of us.. Two snaps-links are included within the report... ;-)

Rehabilitation of Mallesh & Laxmi

2011-06-20T09:09:00.000-07:00

Yes !! Its another feather in our crown ;-) We had already, in the past, facilitated the rehabilitation of 3 children from 'extremely' serious condition to the shelter homes... and we know how cumbersome that process was ! But the outcome of that exercise makes everything worth it !! A similar case cropped up around couple of months back... I am sure, many of our volunteers know our kids -

Dental Camp for our Ghansoli kids

2011-06-11T06:13:00.000-07:00

11th June 2011, Dental Camp at LEAD’s Ghansoli centre with the help of Dr. Neha Gupta 11th June Saturday morning was the time fixed for a dental camp at Ghansoli, but it was pouring in Navi Mumbai since Friday night. We were too skeptical about the turnout of kids due to heavy rains. When I spoke to Dr. Neha, she was ready & quite enthusiastic to visit Ghansoli centre after having wonderful

Origami Workshop

2011-05-22T04:27:00.000-07:00

Clay Modeling Workshop

2011-05-22T00:07:00.000-07:00