For more than 10 years, Shima Modak has been working relentlessly for the upliftment of the distressed. Supported by meagre finances, Shima has helped in upgrading the future of the children in her community by bringing free education to the doorsteps of the under privileged. Her NGO runs evening classes for women in Anjali, Shillong.
Today, she runs five educational centres having 20 teachers across Shillong and nearly 500+ students. Moved by the plight of underprivileged people, Shima Modak drew funds from her own earnings to start her NGO, SPARK, which helps educate and enable marginalised groups to lead lives of dignity.
Small steps for lasting change
In 2010, Shima started a small educational centre to take education to the doorstep of children who could not make it to school. Today, there are five such centres staffed with 16 teachers across Shillong, who are paid ` 2,000 monthly,....
