Sponsor A Child
Wildlife SOS supports the education of nearly 5000 children from the Kalandar community. We discovered long ago that taking a holistic approach to preventing the exploitation of wild animals is one key to long term success. For hundreds of years, people from the Kalandar tribe made a living by holding sloth bears captive, abusing them, and forcing them to perform. Now, Wildlife SOS has rescued the bears, set up the adults in the community with different vocations, and helped educate their children, so that there is never again a need for a sloth bear to suffer at the hands of someone in this community. By sponsoring a child, you are supporting a cruelty-free future!
As a sponsor, you will receive a digital package which will include:
- A personalized sponsorship certificate along with a picture of the sponsored child
- Biannual updates on the child
- A desktop/ zoom background picture
- A collection of printables – a bear picture, a bookmark and a couple of illustrated prints.
Mahak
Meet Mahak, a determined teenager from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Ever since her father’s passing in 2010, Mahak has been raised single-handedly by her mother, Sayyida, who works tirelessly as a domestic helper to support her family. Mahak is the third child among four siblings, and she understands the value of her mother’s unwavering dedication towards her children’s well-being. Young Mahak harbours a profound desire to excel academically and further her education. She aspires to become a doctor, and envisions a future where she can ease her mother’s workload.
SEHNAZ
Sehnaz was left without a guiding light when her father passed away in 2014 and her family had no source of income to sustain themselves, which meant formal education was going to be a distant dream for this child. Wildlife SOS Kalandar Rehabilitation Programme helped Sehnaz’s dream become a reality and her life changed forever, as she donned new uniform and put her bag on her shoulders to start for school.
Sehnaz studies in a public school in Haryana and aspires to be a teacher when she grows up. Her favourite subjects are English and Computers, and she enjoys reading books in her free-
time. One will find her sitting in the class reading her textbook lessons very sincerely! She excels in computers and her teachers are all praises for her sincerity, obedience and
punctuality in studies. Her dedication in her studies is what makes her mother hopeful about Sehnaz having a bright future.
FARAH
Eight-year-old Farah is a resident of Chaksu village in the state of Rajasthan. Her family was barely able to make ends meet financially and send her to school. That is when Wildlife SOS stepped in to support her education and Farah was able to attend the local government school in her village. At present, Farah is in first standard and school takes up a major part of her daily routine. She lives with her family of five – her father Bahadur Kalandar, mother Sonia Bano and two younger brothers aged 3 and 5 years. Her mother is the one responsible for taking care of things at home and sometimes Farah assists her in household chores. Farah has an affinity toward handicrafts work which is apparent from her hobby of making dolls made out of old pieces of fabric. At eight years of age, Farah is still enjoying the days of her childhood and experiencing the simplicities of life. We hope to see her grow into a responsible child, who will give back to society and to nature.