Category: Grantee Story
Pradeep’s Miracle: Breaking the Cycle of Medical Neglect
Pradeep, a fifteen year old boy had already been absent for many days from school. Worried, Pradeep’s teachers, two Teach for India Fellows, contacted Uma, Pradeep’s single mother, who lives alone with her son on a meager salary. Pradeep was ill, Uma informed the teachers. He had been throwing up frequently and suffered from near-constant […]
A Mother’s Advocacy: How Fareed’s Mother Pushed for His Well Being
When you were a child, who took care of you when you were sick? Who took you to the hospital if things were getting serious? Who talked to the doctors as you lay on a hospital bed? Who brought you home? Who made sure you took your medicine on time? Who communicated with your teachers […]
Samina’s Story: Online Learning Without a Laptop in the Time of COVID-19
You know the feeling when you’re staring at your laptop for a long time and then when you look up the world around you is fuzzy? Or how after a long day of working at your computer your head aches or there is a piercing pain over one of your eyes? What do you do? […]
Surviving Against All Odds: Ajit’s Story Of Resilience
Many of our grantees are the financial backbones of their families and cannot afford to fall ill and lose their income, as was the case with Ajit. Ajit is a young man who dropped out of high school because his father suffers from a disability. He supports his family as a vegetable seller. When Ajit […]
Karan’s Lasting Impact: A Story Of Hope and Humanity
In the past, we have shared stories of grantees who recovered after getting Soondra Foundation micro-grants. Unfortunately, it’s not always a happy ending – today we are sharing the story of Karan who tragically passed away this year. Karan was always full of mischief and constantly cracking jokes. He was a comedian who aspired to […]
Sunil’s Fight Against Cancer: A Second Chance At Life
The Soondra Foundation proudly partners with the best institutions around India. Just take it from grantee, Sunil, when he woke up one day with his gums bleeding. “I roamed everywhere, went to hospitals, and was told that there’s no doctor who can help me,” Sunil says. Eventually, a doctor fearing cancer sent him to Mumbai […]
