Neelam is the daughter of a vegetable vendor and has a stepmother who is a household help. She is studying in Anand Niketan School in Grade V. She is 10 year old. She joined Visamo in February 2005. Remedial Teaching (supplementary teaching) at Visamo had shown great improvement in her academics and she was able to cope up with the syllabus of Jr. KG and Sr. KG and was directly admitted to Grade I. She is making good efforts to converse in English and has improved her sentence structure. Constant encouragement and appreciation has helped her a lot. She aspires to become a doctor one day.
NIRMAL SINGRAKHIA
He joined Visamo Kids Foundation in the year 2009 and was 5 years old. He is the son of a laborer having one sister. He came through Navjivan Trust, Rajkot. He is studying in Delhi Public School (Bopal) in Senior KG. He is a creative child. He makes different articles from waste materials.
NISHA PRAJAPATI
Nisha is the daughter of a vegetable vendor from Baroda. She is studying in Delhi Public School (Bopal) in Grade VI. She is 12 years old. She has now started studying individually. A very loving, delicate and active child, Nisha is very meticulous and regular with her work. She has good leadership qualities. Her interests are Math and creative writing. She loves drawing.
PAVAN PADVI
Pavan is the son of a labourer and is 8-years-old. Presently he is studying in the Delhi Public School (Bopal) in Grade IV. He came to VKF in February 2005. He is very playful and talkative. Initially, Pavan was very loud while expressing himself with a tribal accent. Gradually; he has learnt to talk softly and sweetly with sophistication. He is fast learner and is improving his spoken English. Pavan has a strong desire to learn and thus has received “Excellent” in Sr. KG. His hobbies are singing and dancing. He participated in his school’s Annual Function and performed a Pooja Dance.
PINKAL SOMESHWAR
Daughter of a painter from Ahmedabad, Pinkal is 8-years-old. She is studying in Anand Niketan School in Grade III. She joined Visamo Kids Foundation in March 2006. Pinkal is a very loving, delicate and active child, she is also very talkative. Earlier she was studying in a local balwadi (rural village school) of Ahmedabad. Amazingly, she settled in the new environment very quickly.
POOJA KEVAT
Daughter of a loom worker, Pooja is 13-years-old. Presently she is studying in A One School in Grade VIII. She came to Visamo in 2002. She was 6-years-old when she joined Visamo. In the beginning she was stubborn and arrogant, but with regular counseling she has changed a lot now. She is keenly interested in Drawing.
PURVI GAMIT
Daughter of a farm labourer, Purvi is from Mandal, near Surat. She is 8-years-old and is studying in Anand Niketan School in Grade III. She joined Visamo Kids Foundation in March 2006. Purvi’s home town is in the interiors of the district and hence she did not get much academic exposure, but, after efforts by her teachers, she is now able to cope up with the studies. When, she joined Visamo, she was mentally prepared to stay away from her parents and got accustomed to the new environment easily and mingled with other children quickly.
MOHSIN MANSURI
