Team:
Teachers:
Deepshika Didi
Education Co-ordinator:
Debarati didi
Social Worker:
Shweta
Volunteers:
Namrata, Gunjan, Neelima, Swati, Neha,Malvika,Divya Didis and Girish Bahiya
Helper:
Sanjivani Didi
Sponsor:
KINOE/Murray Douglas







Our center song:
We are from Sitaram podar 2
A centre with colours, it glows
Look for colours wherever you go.
Red is our t-shirt
Blue is the sky
Where we want to reach
High oh! High
Yellow is the sunshine
Silver is the moon
Shinning are our superstars
That come to SP2


Our Goals for the children:

  1. Confidence
  2. Speak English
  3. Service

A bit of what we learn:

  • Alphabets
  • Addition, subtraction
  • Word families
  • Values
  • Picture Talk



  • Our Favorite Thinking Questions:

    1. “Which super star do you want to become? Why?”

    • “As handsome as Shah Rukh Khan”
    • “A good ‘fighting hero’ like Ajay Devgan."




    Programs and Special Events:

    1. Sports Program
    2. Sports Day
    3. Inter-centre activity program











    Sushmita Arjun Gawre, 8


    Sushmita Arjun Gawre, 8, goes to Sitaram Poddar School and is in class 1. She has been with Akanksha for a year now.

    Sushmita lives in the Ambedkar Nagar community. She lives with her parents and sister. Her mother is a housewife and her father goes to work.

    Deepshika Didi says that she is an “extremely intelligent child with a pleasing personality.” She puts in a lot of effort to improve her spoken English. She enjoys herself in class and likes coming to Akanksha.

    Sushmita prefers Akanksha to her regular school because she likes the Didi. She says she teaches well and class is more fun. She enjoys doing Math. She also likes it when Didi gives her responsibility like sharpening the pencils etc. She likes playing games like Hide-and-Seek and Catch and Cook with her sister. She dreams of becoming a Doctor some day, and her mother is very supportive of this.

     


     


    Prathamesh Sanjay Roke, 8


    Prathamesh Sanjay Roke, 8, goes to Sitaram Poddar School and is in class 3.

    Prathamesh lives in the BDD chawl community. He has one brother and one sister. His mother is a housewife, and his father goes to office somewhere in Churchgate.

    Deepshika Didi is very impressed by him. He has been with her only for a month and has already picked up a lot of stuff. He is a bright student. He is confident and volunteers to answer questions. He will never cheat or misbehave. He puts in a lot of effort and it reflects in his work.