We got covered

Happy to see our work at the Santacruz Centre, Aru Pandey, a visiting feature journalist from Voice of America did a beautiful video story on us. It tells our story in two quick minutes.Watch it on:

Thank you Manju Gupta (our first supporter and teacher at Angel Xpress) for helping make this connect! 

We got (really) generous donations

Glamorous enough to be in-front of the camera, Tina Thadani came to film our Bandstand Centre to show her friends in New York that “people actually do care”. The lady kept coming to play and teach the kids; and then last month she kept a donation box for us at one of her parties. The figure she came back with left us slack-jawed at the generosity of her friends. It went over six digits and showed us the huge hearts that blessed people can have.

We won support from MCHI Credai

An erstwhile volunteer at Bandstand, Rameet Gupta Gidwani constantly has her hand out demanding support for us. Recently, she made the most of an opportunity to sway a decision for a large contribution by MCHI Credai’s CSR initiative in our favor. With angels like her supporting our initiative, can our dream of setting up 10 centers be far away?

We turned heads, we turned hearts, and we also turned 1

At Bandstand: The first anniversary of our Centre coincided with Krishna Sarbadhikary’s birthday – little wonder then, that the veteran teacher helmed our celebrations with style. She grooved to song ‘Auntyji – get up and dance’ with Mayank, a young volunteering English teacher who has also been teaching hip hop to the kids after class. From ‘Bezubaan’ to ‘Komdi Padali’ to ‘Addicted to Love’, here is an album alive with kids having a blast.

At Santacruz: Thanks to a few hours put in alongside classes by Aparna Kanda & Pratishtha Manchandani (both volunteer teachers and Kangaroo Kids moms) and Angela Nagarajan (Founder, “Musical Mushrooms Grow Up with Dance”), our kids put up beautiful performances on 5th May 2013. They recited English passages with elan, sang “Hum Honge Kamyaab” and more, drawing heartfelt appreciation from the audience. Check them out on:

A viral that makes us happy

Tejas Datta, a core member of our communications team, tried a hand at a poster for Angel Xpress and ended up creating nothing short of an inspiration!

The poster has generated some 13000+ views in 10 days and has gone viral. The word is spreading. If you know a student, share this with them:

AXF is now Colaba-enabled

Madhuri Sharma of Colaba has been in touch trying to understand how to get an Angel Xpress Center going over the last six months.

Her persistence and support from Manab Sarmah, Shikha Goyal and few other residents of Colaba has helped classes begin at the Colaba Woods Park. About 10 adults have committed 2-3 hours a week to teach 40 odd kids from 5 pm – 6 pm, Monday – Friday. The Colaba team could do with some help. If you or someone you know lives in town and wants to support this initiative, call Madhuri at 9821822878 or Shikha Goyal at 9619561164.

People around Juhu who can volunteer for a 9 am–10.30 am batch or for evening classes from 4.30 pm – 6 pm in Santacruz (W) are welcome. Call Anubha Sharma at 99300 70086 or Beenaa Advani at 98202 44562.