In a letter from a secondary school student [age 17] at Mata Kastui Devi Sr. Sec. Public School, New Delhi, India, Mr. Kapiish Sanga wrote to me in 2015 of his interest to be associated with ELWB. I read his initial letter at our meeting in Washington, D.C. (edited by Rosemary). This coming fall, Kapiish is going to attend Vellore Institute of Technology, in Chennai, India, to pursue a Bachelor’s of Technology in Computer Science.
Mr. Kapiish Sanga wrote Summer of 2015:
I feel happy after having a view of what you dream of and what you aware doing to achieve it. I would feel happy and would like to contribute on my behalf to the better development of our world by getting involved with you. I feel very happy and want to thank you for showing such a generous interest in my views. Ma'am, I am a young 17year old teenager of a small town called Hisar in the Haryana state of India. I am at present in 12th standard and have chosen science as my field of interest. I always had a passion for the social welfare of the society and our beloved nature so I started participating in the several programs started by the school such as - trips to orphanage, slum area's etc. But still had a hunger to do more so when I read about your organisation I got attracted towards your work and felt that i will be able to get a such an esteem platform for showing and proving my abilities and capabilities. Dear Ma'am i will be sending my cv within one two days and i will feel honored if you will provide me a chance to bring some change.
January 2016 Kapiish wrote:
Ma'am, I would like to congratulate you and our fellow ELWB scholar on the Mexican story.
Ma'am carrying forward the motive of ELWB, I and some of my friends have started an educational programme or can be called as a new educational revolution. We together have started teaching the young fellows/ children of the slum workers, factory workers. Many of these fellow do go to school but the condition they are at present is poor. The system of rotten learning is on peak; the knowledge of subject is hardly known to anyone. Our group is trying to make them motivate, tell them about things happening around the globe and to create their interest in subject and not just to focus on the school scores. This has just begun and I wish that this our programme goes well. I felt like telling you because this has all just started with the vision of ELWB.
June 23, 2016 he provided a further update on his work with street children:
The project of teaching underprivileged started by us is on progress it just got started by a small incident held at food court. Where I and my friend Mukul met a young poor beggar on talking to him we got to knew that the most of these young kids either don't go to school or if they go, they are not regular. Here is the conversation translated in English held between us at the food court.
Kapish - school jate ho? (Do you go to school?)
Child - kabh kabar jate hn (not so frequently, but yes we go)
Mukul - papa, mummy kya khete hn , jb tum school nhi jate ? (What does your parents say when you don't go to the school?)
Child - vo khten hn ki pkameyega to hi to ghr k liye kuch aayega bhej payenge , aur bhaiya school jake bhi konsa pdhna h middaymeal khate hn , teacher English m boltah jo vo smjh m nhi aata baki kuch khass hota bhi nhi. (They tell us if you will earn then only we will be able to pay for the house hold expenses, also bhaiya there is not much special that we do at school we wait for midday meal and what teacher sometime say in English that we are not able to understand.)
Kapish - aage pdhna chhate ho? (Do you wish to study ahead?)
Child - Han, pr padhnee vala mst hona chhaiye!!! (child laughs and go away [saying] “yes but the teacher should be nice and good.”
Ma'am after this four of my friends including me started teaching theses young fellows no such specific subject is taught only general ones such as English, Math, Hindi, [and] Social science. we are supported by two local teachers who willingly ae helping us: Ms. Payal Vshnoi and Mr. R K Singla. So till now there are in total 52 of these such children they actually belong to the labour class families who either work in the factories or work at daily wages, [and] they have migrated from Bihar state to Hisar (Haryana state). Out of thee 52 children 12 have already left begging and our studying properly. There are two government schools near their houses one primary and a high school. But their parents motivate them to work for family needs. My friend Mukul Yadav's father is a Doctor and he has checked these children 4 times till now and that too at free of cost.
Ma'am I also wanted to tell you that my friends are willing to Join ELWB and I would like to Thank You for providing me such a great platform and sorry that i will not be able to come this year seminar, but I would definitely try for the next year.
Thanking You. Yours Truly,
Kapiish Sanga
Mr. Kapiish Sanga wrote Summer of 2015:
I feel happy after having a view of what you dream of and what you aware doing to achieve it. I would feel happy and would like to contribute on my behalf to the better development of our world by getting involved with you. I feel very happy and want to thank you for showing such a generous interest in my views. Ma'am, I am a young 17year old teenager of a small town called Hisar in the Haryana state of India. I am at present in 12th standard and have chosen science as my field of interest. I always had a passion for the social welfare of the society and our beloved nature so I started participating in the several programs started by the school such as - trips to orphanage, slum area's etc. But still had a hunger to do more so when I read about your organisation I got attracted towards your work and felt that i will be able to get a such an esteem platform for showing and proving my abilities and capabilities. Dear Ma'am i will be sending my cv within one two days and i will feel honored if you will provide me a chance to bring some change.
January 2016 Kapiish wrote:
Ma'am, I would like to congratulate you and our fellow ELWB scholar on the Mexican story.
Ma'am carrying forward the motive of ELWB, I and some of my friends have started an educational programme or can be called as a new educational revolution. We together have started teaching the young fellows/ children of the slum workers, factory workers. Many of these fellow do go to school but the condition they are at present is poor. The system of rotten learning is on peak; the knowledge of subject is hardly known to anyone. Our group is trying to make them motivate, tell them about things happening around the globe and to create their interest in subject and not just to focus on the school scores. This has just begun and I wish that this our programme goes well. I felt like telling you because this has all just started with the vision of ELWB.
June 23, 2016 he provided a further update on his work with street children:
The project of teaching underprivileged started by us is on progress it just got started by a small incident held at food court. Where I and my friend Mukul met a young poor beggar on talking to him we got to knew that the most of these young kids either don't go to school or if they go, they are not regular. Here is the conversation translated in English held between us at the food court.
Kapish - school jate ho? (Do you go to school?)
Child - kabh kabar jate hn (not so frequently, but yes we go)
Mukul - papa, mummy kya khete hn , jb tum school nhi jate ? (What does your parents say when you don't go to the school?)
Child - vo khten hn ki pkameyega to hi to ghr k liye kuch aayega bhej payenge , aur bhaiya school jake bhi konsa pdhna h middaymeal khate hn , teacher English m boltah jo vo smjh m nhi aata baki kuch khass hota bhi nhi. (They tell us if you will earn then only we will be able to pay for the house hold expenses, also bhaiya there is not much special that we do at school we wait for midday meal and what teacher sometime say in English that we are not able to understand.)
Kapish - aage pdhna chhate ho? (Do you wish to study ahead?)
Child - Han, pr padhnee vala mst hona chhaiye!!! (child laughs and go away [saying] “yes but the teacher should be nice and good.”
Ma'am after this four of my friends including me started teaching theses young fellows no such specific subject is taught only general ones such as English, Math, Hindi, [and] Social science. we are supported by two local teachers who willingly ae helping us: Ms. Payal Vshnoi and Mr. R K Singla. So till now there are in total 52 of these such children they actually belong to the labour class families who either work in the factories or work at daily wages, [and] they have migrated from Bihar state to Hisar (Haryana state). Out of thee 52 children 12 have already left begging and our studying properly. There are two government schools near their houses one primary and a high school. But their parents motivate them to work for family needs. My friend Mukul Yadav's father is a Doctor and he has checked these children 4 times till now and that too at free of cost.
Ma'am I also wanted to tell you that my friends are willing to Join ELWB and I would like to Thank You for providing me such a great platform and sorry that i will not be able to come this year seminar, but I would definitely try for the next year.
Thanking You. Yours Truly,
Kapiish Sanga