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Vaibhavi Khartamol (11), a Dharavi resident who helps her mother sell fish, received a cellphone for online classes MUMBAI: Mumbai: Mumbai does have a heart. A week after TOI published a series of stories of children from needy families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, a host of organisations and individuals have come forward to make their lives a tad easier. While some individuals brought out their wallets, with a rider that their identities not be revealed, a few organisations have gone all out to ensure that the children do not stop their online schooling. Project Mumbai, a city-based non-profit, will create fixed deposits in the names of each of the six children whose stories were reported in TOI, with a lock-in till they turn 18, said its founder and chief executive officer Shishir Joshi. They will also be given cellphones or tabs, where need exists, with internet data and the school curriculum uploaded. The NGO, which bagged the UN award for its Covid relief work, ....
The Byculla Women’s prison and Arthur Road jail on Friday completed the first dose of vaccination to all 3,500 prisoners lodged in the two Mumbai jails MUMBAI: The Byculla Women’s prison and Arthur Road jail on Friday completed the first dose of vaccination to all 3,500 prisoners lodged in the two Mumbai jails. As many as 250 women inmates were vaccinated in the third round on Friday. The vaccination special camp was organised in a joint venture by the state prison department and Project Mumbai, a city-based NGO. “Besides vaccinating 250 women inmates of the Byculla Women’s prison on Friday, 20 jail staffers and 75 male inmates (from Byculla men’s prison and some from the Arthur Road jail) were also vaccinated. The women who got vaccination included three foreign nationals as well,” said Shishir Joshi, CEO and founder of Project Mumbai. ....
Representative image MUMBAI: With more than 300 children in the state orphaned due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the department of women and child development (WCD) on Tuesday announced educational funding and mental health support for their well-being. In association with non-profit groups, the department will take care of their academic fees for the next three years. That apart, access to mental health counsellors will be provided, particularly for adolescents. Losing both parents forced some of the orphans to move to their hometowns to live with extended families or change schools due to their guardian’s inability to afford fees. The WCD will transfer fees directly to the school or college where the child is enrolled. ....
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