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If you are coming from Mumbai, then Dundhalwadi area, which is only 120 km far from Mumbai, would be like a small heaven to you. In the middle of these green fields and plantations, the Nareshwadi school has been established by Dr. Somaiya 30 years ago with the aim to set up an “integrated rural development model of education, health, agricultural development and economic self-reliance for the tribal community”. Currently, almost 500 students in the age of 4 to 14 attend the school, out of which around 35 children come from Mumbai from HIV/AIDS affected families. Some of them are already orphans, others have infected parents who cannot take care of them. When I arrived to Nareshwadi, several smiling faces have greeted me from the distance. And while we were working with Patricia, my boss ... read more