A little help goes a long way

This is a story of a young girl around 8 year's old who suffered from a hearing impairment and hence could not speak. Her mother worked at different homes doing the dishes. Her father worked in a factory far off from the residence. Both parents left home early in the morning and left the child in their little hut, which they locked up. After a while they realized it was not safe to keep doing this and the local municipal school refused to give the child admission, as she was handicapped. The mother shared her plight with her employer who took action. She got in touch with DEEDS and related this story. She was asked to bring the child along with her maidservant to the DEEDS office. When they came over the child was so nervous that she dropped the glass of cold drink. After assuring the child, DEEDS then studied her case and suggested sending her to a special school very near their house. She was also sent for testing to the Ali Yavar Jung Institute in Bandra (East) who said she needed a hearing aid. She has now been given a chance to hear. She is presently attending school at Sanskardham where she is learning the alphabets and communication through sign language. The child is altogether a different person. She has bloomed beautifully. All it took was one phone call to achieve it.

Sounds of encouragement

This is Shivani who was completely tone deaf in both ears and could hardly utter any words. Being born into a poor family, there were neither resources nor means for them to fund her education. In 1999, when she came to the Bajaj Institite of Learning (BIL), she seemed to be in a state of despair. Her father turned to BIL and informed them about her predicament. Things took a turn for the better. At BIL, Shivani completed her Std X in Computers. This in turn helped her get a job in Oberoi Motors as a Data Entry Operator.

Her determination served to be an inspiration for the Owner of the company, Mr Oberoi to employ 10 more students from the institute.