Aarti can better provide for her child

The Waghri and Sikligar tribes have traditionally been considered ‘denotified tribes’, and do not receive the Government support extended to other tribes. Traditionally, the Waghris were old garment traders, and the Sikligars were master blacksmiths. Since both these trades are now nearly obsolete, members of these communites engage in informal activities like garment sales, restaurant service, and brewing illegal liquor.

Of the 18 million street children in India, many belong to these two and other similar ‘denotified tribes’, and are caught in a poverty cycle from which there is no escape.

Ashraya Initiative for Children (AIC) provides residential care to orphaned children, and education, nutrition, health care facilities and vocational training to the other members of the Pune, India community to empower them to break out of the poverty cycle.

Thank you Prashant, Taryn, Becky, and Jeanne for coming together to provide Aarti a year of parenting classes. Your generosity ensures she can better provide for her child!