Poveda's Second Centre

Poveda Foundation's Vetalnagar Centre

The prospects of being able to reach out to and impact the lives of more children is joyous and seeing that dream become a reality- a thrill! The Poveda Foundation started its second centre on 23rd November 2009 to serve children residing in Vetalnagar, Chinchwadnagar, Vijaynagar and Dalvinagar. The kids study at the PCMC schools at Chapekar Chowk.

This afternoon batch is an all girls centre and has an energy level of its own. It runs in a Balwadi that has been offered for our use by the community.

Rashmi didi is our centre teacher and Swati didi who teaches Math and Science at the Morwadi centre offers similar instruction here.

Children's Day and Sports Class

Children living in low income communities sadly do not have the opportunity to be children as they have several responsibilities at home- cooking, cleaning, accompanying their parents to work, taking care of their younger siblings etc. Children’s day was a good opportunity for the children of our centre to put aside all of these for a morning of fun and enjoyment.


The morning started with Aniket, one of our students, reading to the class a poem in Marathi on the joys and travails of childhood. The children then learnt marble painting and also made pen stands using old newspapers.

This festive occasion was also used to commence sports class with the kids. Subhash bhaiyya began the first session with the children by sharing with them the plan for the year. Later, the kids learnt 4 yog-aasans which helped them both relax and focus.

Visit to the Garden (Science field trip)- 27th October

The kids visited the Morwadi PCMC Garden on the 27th of October. ‘Reproduction in living things’ is a topic of study in Science and the visit helped the kids see various aspects of reproduction in plants in real. From seeing the androecium and gynoecium to natural vegetative reproduction to roots reproduction and the same from leaves, the kids learnt a lot.