Tabithas Heart

Notes from the nonprofit

In 2006, my small Indian staff and I opened Charisma House, a center focused on meeting the needs of street children and their communities. We began with basic training for the women and Hindi literacy for the children and teens. Having spent most of their lives on the street, the children had great difficulty sitting for even short periods. But through literacy classes and the center’s simple routines and rules, they began to develop discipline and skills that would later allow them to succeed in school. As word spread and children came by the hundreds, we sharpened our focus on education, creating an afternoon literacy program and mid-day preschool to prepare kids for formal schooling. In the spring of 2007, we enrolled our first 25 street children into local primary schools. Against all odds, they outperformed their peers and ranked consistently at the top of their classes! The work of Tabitha’s Heart continues to grow by leaps and bounds thanks to our many generous donors.