Parent Thesis, with a difference

Achyut and Jayashree Phadake of Pune are mentoring over a dozen schoolgoing childen from nearby slum. It began in 1980 when Jayashree began helping children hoem work and taught some skills and personal manners. Her activities still continue after 28 years and a attack of mild paralysis. Children help the couple in some houselhold activities while the couple pays for school fees, uniforms, study material, books. Part of the monthly pension goes in this. They also get funding from corporates for doing simple job work like folding dividend warrants and putting those into envelopes. Word-of-mouth has heped garner some funds. Help also comes from people who can guide students in their studies. Over 50 children have passed through with Phadakes.

One of Phadake's daughter Maulabi Shaikh, is continueing Phadake legacy in a far awayf place of Bijapur, where she has taken up the same activity for deprived children.