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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, ....
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI/ThePRTree): School closures due to the pandemic have left millions of children bereft of education, due to lack of resources and the inability to afford a device. Children of the marginalized and unorganized sectors of our society have been forced to drop out of school. In an attempt to bridge the digital need gap, the SCHOOL ON TAB initiative by the Centre For Transforming India (CFTI), in association with the Dharavi Foundation aims at enabling over 1000+ students in the slum areas of Dharavi - Asia s largest slum, to continue with their online schooling and remote learning, through digital mediums. ....