
More Than a Trip: Our Matheran Memories
Trip to Matheran – Some highlights and memorable incidents from the two wonderful days at Matheran. Explore this journey and teammates

Trip to Matheran – Some highlights and memorable incidents from the two wonderful days at Matheran. Explore this journey and teammates

A unique and powerful 2 day exposure trip to Hunnar Gurukul with 21 staff members from Children’s Aid Society! We are grateful to be a

Recently we organized a new event called “Dongri ke Mastermind”, a quiz game show, similar to “Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)”.

Recently we organized a new event called “Dongri ke Mastermind”, a quiz game show, similar to “Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)”.

Seeds of Change is about more than tasks and rewards. It’s about shifting culture.
Small seeds. Big trees. Lasting change.

Roshan (name changed) was a new boy at the Dongri Observation Home and stood out from everyone else for multiple reasons. Firstly, he was much

Join us for a deeply reflective session where KalyanaMitra staff embarked on a ‘Life Journey’ through the metaphor of a river. Watch as they embraced

Event Date: 12th July 2024 Sitaro Ki Mehfil This blog is a story of the evolution of music sessions at the Dongri Observation Home which

Event Date: 9th July 2024 Once again, the fifth episode of “Safar Zindagi Ka” featured another staff member, Mr. Azim Naik, a probation officer. He

Date: 4th July 2024 In early July, we made a presentation capturing our work thus far since the beginning of Seedling Foundation in November 2023.

Date: 2nd September 2024 Today afternoon, we were in Dongri preparing for a new initiative on Gandhi ji’s life at the Children’s Home, called Gandhi

Event Date: 3rd July, 2024 After the successful staff session on mental health, we planned the next session to focus on breaking down concepts related

Event Date: 15th August 2024 At the Dongri Observation Home, some of the staff members have been working for over a decade, while many others

Event Date: 19, 20, 21st June Introduction UTSAV was a 3 day event that we planned with various competitions. We included chess, carrom, painting, speech,

Event Date: 6th June 2024 In Episode 3 of Safar Zindagi Ka, with senior guard Popat Sabji, we witnessed a powerful example of transformation. His

Event Date: 18th April 2024 After two successful episodes of “Safar Zindagi Ka” (SZK), everyone eagerly anticipated the lineup for the third episode. We aimed

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May Event Date: 14th May 2024 Detailed Session Plan This

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment;

Event Date: 19th March 2024 Detailed Session Plan One day at lunchtime me, Karan, Sneha and Xavier sir were discussing ‘gratitude’ after looking at the quote

Bahujana-hitāya, Bahujana-sukhāya, Lokānukampāya“Wander forth, O monks, for the benefit of many, for the happiness of many. Shower compassion on the world for the good, benefit,

Event date: 15th March 2024 Location: Chetana college, Bandra With love and respect I accepted an invitation from Sachita, an old and close friend, to

Date: March 2024 Every year, there is a project exhibition called ‘Gyan Mela’, organized by an NGO called ‘Our Children’ for various children’s institutions within

Event Date: 13th March 2024 After a strong, positive start to the series ‘Safar Zindagi Ka’ (SZK) with Episode 1, the second one got a

Event Date: 14th March 2024 Dongri’s medical unit staff, Dr. Pradnya, had sweetly requested us to plan a women’s day celebration the next day. Since

Few older boys have been at the Dongri Children’s Home for the last 3-4 years. They have seen many transformations in Dongri. Many external people

Many of us use ‘Chindi’ as a slang word to signify something worthless or something useless. Chindis, actually, are the small shredded pieces of extra

Loosely translated, a Sangha is a group of virtuous people walking on the path of inner transformation. Again, loosely translated, a ‘Kalyan Mitra’ is a

How often does it happen that you know very little about the life journey of someone you have been working with for many years? About

I have just started volunteering with Seedling Foundation a couple of weeks ago. The children are respectful, curious, and ready to engage, albeit a bit

मोहित को ५ मिनिट भी कही मन एकाग्र करना बोहोत मुश्किल हो जाता था। और वह खुद भी नहीं समाझ पाता था के ऐसा क्यू

A couple of days back, last Thursday, I was processing a few things from the previous evening, added by more incidents from that morning at

A calm soothing river… With clean blue water… Gray rocks shining because of sun rays coming down between the trees and giveing a silver shine

Yesterday morning, we conducted a session on road signs with a small demo setup. As we discussed each road sign, we also asked the kids

A couple of weeks back, a small encounter brought a smile to my face and left me thinking that day about innate human qualities and

One of the older kids, who has been at the home for about 3 years now, was having a conversation with a coworker, let’s call

One day, while returning from the Children’s Home, I was waiting at the bus stop. As I was standing there, I noticed a bike with

Recently, one of the kids approached me with a pencil and paper as I was standing at the door of the classroom and said “please

A few days back, I was sitting in the classroom with many kids, doing their own thing in small groups while the teacher was busy
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