Raining toys at The Angel Xpress Toy Give-away, Santacruz Centre

There is abundance for everyone who desires and can intend innocently. The Angel Xpress Toy Give away was nothing but a universal conspiracy to fulfill the deep desire of children to own a toy.

What started with a doll that our volunteer Aparna Kanda donated spiraled into a grand plan for a “toy give away” event on a happy Sunday morning. Beautifully executed with support from a lot of generous givers and supporters like Ruchita Dar Shah (who runs First Moms Club on Facebook), the event inspired many mommies to come forward and donate. Read the First Moms Club coverage here.

Musical Mirth on World Compassion Day

Renowned artist and performer Sunita Bhuyan came to play for us at our Bandstand Centre on 30th June. Not just our children and volunteers, but hundreds of passersby gathered to listen to her violin, and sang along. We overheard many saying; this was the most fun evening they had in a longtime.

Our kids get a drive up to our centres

12 odd kids who come from about 2 kms afar are inevitably late for class and often arrive wet as they walk the distance. A post and a prayer for conveyance later, we found Nelson, owner of a fleet of school buses, who instantly agreed to ferry the kids for free, with us just paying for the fuel. This has helped push the number of kids attending our classes from that school to nearly 20 in the last few days.

Taiwanese tricks for Mumbaikars

A three min coverage by Voice of America inspired 17 medical students from Taiwan to come looking for us. With music and drama they taught our kids little tricks and provided entertainment in interactive sessions.  Have you found us yet? for directions call Anubha at 9930070086.

Oppportunity to Give

To volunteer for any of the exciting opportunities below, write to anubha.sharma@angelxpress.org 

Juhu welcomes Angel Xpress: Tireless efforts of Juhu resident Avani Dalal bore fruit when an Angel Xpress center finally came through in Juhu, with support from Rotary Bombay Airport. Today, one day away from launch scheduled for the 1st of August, over 50 children and 35 volunteers have already signed up and are eagerly awaiting the formal launch on 1st August. Sure enough, Juhu residents sport a healthy social conscience!

Growing from English to Maths and Science: Our pilot project inside Chapel Road BMC School, Hindi medium has found huge success: not only are we teaching English to classes II – VII, we are also taking Math and Science classes. The BMC ward office has now requested us to support yet another Hindi medium school in Khar in a similar capacity.

Kicking it up: Class VII kids from Bombay International School held a 3-day football training camp for Class V and VI kids of Chapel Road BMC School, Bandra. Having got a taste of the fun, our kids are eager to learn more. So if your kids love football and are excited to coach younger kids, write to us.

One of India’s finest musicians composes for us

This month, the highly popular and talented Vishal Dadlani strummed up some tunes for us

It began when Tina Thadani came to shoot us for an international film project that she had been awarded. She gave us this incredible gift of a video that speaks volumes of the work we do. Vishal Dadlani's stirringly beautiful music has added soul to her beautiful piece.

Do take a look and share to spread the word. Please click here if the video below doesn't play

Good news to share!

We are happy to share that this month, we have started teaching English to class 3 and 4 inside a BMC Hindi medium school near Lilavati Hospital, Bandra; marking a new phase for Angel Xpress. Two teachers have been appointed for the task by us.

We also noticed that the school happens to be short of teachers and class II and class V has had no class teacher for a couple of years now. Anyone willing to come and teach these kids - even for an hour a day? You can come in from 10.30 - 12.30 in the morning or 3.30 - 5.30 in the evening.