Volunteer Diaries: A Thousand Paper Cranes
What difference can I make? That’s what I first thought when my father suggested flying out of Singapore to work with an NGO in India. At that time, to me, Magic Bus was just another organization that a group of students in my school..
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Turning Tables: Priyanka’s journey to becoming a young leader in her community
16-year-old Priyanka Kumari lives with her family of six members in Tughlaqabad village, a slum cluster that grew on a disputed land and still continues to bear the brunt of fear and dispossession.
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Where there is will: Pooja Kashyap from Bhalswa, Delhi
Pooja started working the day she completed her higher secondary. “I had no option but to earn. The entire family of seven was dependant on my mother. She works as a cook in Nizamuddin.”
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Sofya and Reyna’s Magical Birthday
Birthdays come with such joy and happiness – all your loved ones gathered around that scrumptious cake to celebrate you! It also comes with the inevitable question – What gift would you like for your birthday?
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Behind the scenes: Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy
Twelve Magic Bus children travelled all the way to USA to attend the prestigious soccer training by Julie Foudy. “It has been a month since we all came back. And I am still to wake out of the reverie,” says 17-year-old Bhavna
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Inspiring a generation of girls in her community: Nazmeen from Delhi
19-year-old Nazmeen lives at Haiderpur in north Delhi. Her father migrated from Bihar in search of better livelihood opportunities leaving his wife, Nazmeen’s mother, behind. Nazmeen was not even born then.
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What is it like to be a Magic Bus volunteer?
In all our sessions, one can hear children calling out for "bhaiya" and "didi", their faces beaming with joy. We like to call these young boys and girls Community Youth Leaders, they are volunteers who are trained by Magic Bus..
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