Ananya Trust is instilling hope in street children. Tarika Vaswani reports

At the age of nine, Nisar ran away from home, boarded a wrong bus, fell asleep and ended up in Bengaluru. Unable to communicate about where he came from, he ended up on the streets and was ‘adopted’ by a gang of beggars. A shelter for street-children took him under their wings for a few days; then for a while he stayed...

Tarika Vaswani of GiveIndia profiles a unique organisation that addresses the special needs of the deafblind

Donate a rainbow, donate a song, donate the words ‘I love you’.
Donate a starry night, donate a sunset, donate the sound of rain on a tin roof.
Donate a hearty laugh, donate a whisper.
Donate the glimpse of a child.
Donate the rustle of leaves.
Donate the sound of waves...

Tarika Vaswani describes how Ashadeep is instilling hope in the mentally challenged

Like many girls in India, Mitali was married as soon as she reached the legal age. But in a matter of six months, her marriage fell apart and she was divorced. With neither a roof over her head nor anyone to turn to for support, she lost all hope and attempted suicide - not once, but thrice. Soon after her...