| Karthik Shekar who joined Ankur in September 2005, when he was four and half years old. He is the eldest of three brothers. His father, Shekar, is a cycle mechanic who works on days that he is sober and not drunk. His mother, Uma earns about INR 1000/- a month, working as a domestic help for 6-8 hours a day. She gets to bring home left over food. |
The facilities at Ankur include two bright, airy, cheerfully furnished hostel blocks, each with three dorms, studies and recreation rooms, in-house libraries, laundrettes and spotless bathrooms. Between them, the two hostels can house 100 children.Sharing the extensive grounds of The Samhita Academy, the Ankur hostels have easy access to the school and playgrounds. |
- Under-five mortality rate, 2003 - 87%
- Under-fives suffering from Underweight (moderate and severe) (1995- 2003) - 47%
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Households consuming iodized salt
(1997-2003) - 50% |
‘Ankur’, meaning sapling, is the name of the children’s comprehensive residential education programme set up by the Advaith Foundation in 2004.
