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Sponsorship benefits

It’s quite a rare seen family photo to follow with welcome gift to your child. As you may have noticed, perhaps this could be their first-time facing the camera in cold outdoor during Delhi wintertime.

The Aashiya’s family lives in one multipurpose room in Shahabad Dairy community. She was sleeping on the floor with a mattress. In my wishes to give some comfort to her sleeping arrangement and despite the limited space available inside, they have gone for a small bed instead of a roll-up mattress. The photo shows that the sponsorship not only benefits your child but also the whole family at large.

In response to my welcome letter, Delhi staff intern, Jyoti wrote back saying, as Aashiya had never been sponsored before, she was not a regular visitor at the community center to receive any program benefits but she already has a favorite teacher – the one who inspired her being Jyoti mam, which goes without saying that the love and care the children receive at CI centers is second to none.


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