Aisha Sheikh, 37, is a widow and a mother to two children. She is among the many women who struggle following the loss of their husbands. However, an intervention by Kurla Voice—a social organisation aimed at providing educational, financial and medical support to the underprivileged and malnourished children—changed their lives for the better.

Spread across Kurla, Dharavi and Wadala

Reshma Khan, secretary and moderator at Kurla Voice, said “Underprivileged children are given food by our volunteers who distribute the meal boxes twice a week. Around 1,000 meal boxes are distributed in a week. Our objective is to fight and eliminate malnutrition. We have already identified such children and conduct regular CBC (complete blood count) tests regularly, which helps evaluate the deficiency in their body. Currently, we are helping around 500 street and slum children. Many of these children are of migrant labourers. They are spread across Kurla (250 kids), Dharavi (120 kids) and Wadala (100 kids).”