Uniforms in May, Deepawali in October: 2017 with the children

The school year began on 14 May 2017 with balloons: at a programme at the Foundation's office the children received their new school uniforms, bags and a gift each, two weeks before they would perform at the annual function.

Deepawali in a roadside tent is easy to miss. In October 2017 Indradhanush volunteers made sure it was not: they celebrated the festival with the children in the settlements at Kudesiya Phatak, Delapeer, Transport Nagar and Fatehganj, with sweets, new clothes and games.

A few weeks later came the year's school uniforms. Distributions were held settlement by settlement — Delapeer, Faridpur, Nakatiya, CB Ganj, Bhuta and Fatehganj Purvi — so that every child received two uniforms, a school bag and, with winter approaching, warm clothes and caps.

These are small things, but they are the difference between a child who goes to school and a child who stays away from it.