2. Anti-trafficking India
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Anti-trafficking India

3. THRIVING IN THE SLUMS OF MUMBAI
January 2017

4. Iqbal. is 11 and lives in the Mumbai slums
Iqbal* is 11 and lives in the Mumbai slums. His parents are trying to make ends meet in any way possible, but his chaotic lifestyle meant he was struggling in school.
Here at Sahaara we know that children are the future and so believe providing them with a good education, giving them the best start to life, is the key to a better world.
Iqbal* is 11 and lives with his parents and two year old sister in the Mumbai slums. His father, Mohan*, is a security guard earning below minimum wage, and his mother is a sex worker trying to make ends meet in any way possible.
We met Iqbal and his family during one of our visits to the slum a couple of years ago. Whilst talking to his parents they told us he struggles in school. His chaotic home-life meant he struggled to complete homework and his parents rarely had time to help him. Combined with lack of food leading to low energy levels, this intelligent child was struggling.

5. ‘Iqbal was clearly intelligent but just lacked confidence’
One of the things we do is run classes in the slum to coach through school. Iqbal was invited along and was assigned a personal tutor. As is often the case with the children that come to our classes, Iqbal was clearly intelligent but just lacked confidence. Over the next few classes we worked on improving his self-belief and began to see him thrive! He is now also a regular attendee at our weekly youth club, and with his new confidence has made lots of new friends.

6. Now Iqbal is thriving. He has started English classes and has decided he wants to be a community police officer when he grows up!
Late last year we enrolled Iqbal into English classes at a local academy. This is a very big oppourtunity for him and so please pray for him as he makes his first steps here. We know he as a very bright future ahead of him - he currently wants to be a community police officer.

7. PRAYER Pray all the children will know their worth in God’s eyes
Pray that our staff have a positive impact young people’s lives
Pray for more children in India to be able to access education
Iqbal is one of the many children we work with on a daily basis. Please pray for all our children’s work.