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Author: Sheetal

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KalyanMitra – Social Psychology

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 to social issues. The session started quite late because everyone is from different work sections with varying duties and some of them were delayed because

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Safar Zindagi Ka (Ep 4) – A Lifetime of Experience

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 story inspired the children and the staff. This motivated us to bring out more such stories which can lead to similar positive changes in Dongri

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Safar Zindagi Ka (Ep 3) – A Transformative Journey 

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 to feature someone from Dongri known for their connection with children, and the name that immediately came to mind was ‘Popat Sabji’, a name that

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KalyanMitra – Jane Apane Aap Ko

“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; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”  ― Thich Nhat Hanh  Event Date: 24th April  It is important for me, as a human,

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KalyanMitra – Gratitude

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 below on the calendar. Xavier sir shared that a person who has gratitude, will be peaceful in life because he/she will get very less moments

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A Unique Invitation – a Session on Service

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 do an Arts Based Therapy (ABT) session in Chetana College. She has been working there as a professor since 9 years and has been inviting

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Seeds of Learning

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 Mumbai. This was the first time that Dongri Children’s Home participated. From Dongri, there were 2 teams that went for the exhibition, one of which

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Blooming Women’s Day

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 it was a very short notice we were thinking whether we should take it or not, because the next afternoon, we also had the Safar

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Unintended Consequences… and a Lesson in Truthfulness

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 have come here with the aim or intention of creating a positive change in the boys and have tried many different things. One such attempt

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