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40 Stories for 40 Years

To celebrate our more than 40 years of service, we are sharing 40 of our beneficiaries’ powerful stories with you — stories of hope, compassion, and determination. We hope these stories inspire you as much as they inspire us.

Gayatri Has Hope for a Bright Future

Gayatri Shinde is a 9th-grader who lives with her parents in a rented room in the Asalpha village in Mumbai. She is a sincere and hardworking young girl who loves to dance and excels academically. Two years ago, her father, the sole earner of the family, lost his job, and the family has struggled financially since. Read more

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Helping Muskan Plant the Seeds of Generational Change

Muskan’s parents are her biggest inspiration. They reside in Pune, where her father is an electrician and her mother is a homemaker. Throughout her childhood, Muskan watched as her family struggled to make ends meet due to her father’s unstable income. Read more

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Jayshree Receives Life-Saving Early Cancer Detection

When Jayshree Manojbhai Lalkiya went in for her regular mammogram at the Rajkot Cancer Society, supported by Share & Care, she had no symptoms or indications that anything was wrong and was unaware of any family history of cancer. Read more

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Rohini and Amardeep Nurture an Early Interest in Technology

Roshini Prakash Yedke and her little brother, Amardeep, live in Padale in Maharashtra. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Rohini was taking online courses through a Digital Training Resource Center run by Y4D Foundation, supported by Share & Care. Read more

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Surabhi Benefits From Compassion and Empathy

When Surabhi realized that she could no longer handle her depression alone, she found the Chetana Empower Foundation, supported by Share & Care. Read more

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Mayuri Is Given the Chance to Excel and Thrive

Mayuri Kaushik Kumar Rawal is a bright, ambitious 8th-grade student in Mumbai. Her father is the sole earner for her family of six, and as a florist making just Rs. 36,000 per year, he struggles to cover basic living expenses, leaving no room in the family’s budget for school fees. Read more

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Giving Pooja the Peace and Stability to Focus on Her Studies

Pooja Chandu Rathod, a brilliant 8th-grade student with aspirations to become a teacher, lives in a cramped single room with six other family members. Her father is a painter and cannot work during the monsoon season, and Pooja’s mother left when she was very young. Read more

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