Impacting Lives

At Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Delhi, the Project Sshakti team, part of a Development Consortium initiative that supports people living with HIV, encountered a challenging LFU (Lost to Follow-Up) case. Neetu Sharma, a 26-year-old woman in her eighth month of pregnancy.

At first glance, Sahil seemed like the kind of student every parent would be proud of - confident, composed and well-mannered. The Class 8 student from S.N Public School (a low-resource budget school) in northeast Delhi was the first to fill out the mental well-being screening form. He did it quickly, without hesitation. His teachers had no complaints either. He studied regularly, played outside, and shared everything with his mother. He even got help from his father with studies. In his own words, “Sab theek hai (everything is fine).”

Twelve-year-old Reyansh from Y.B Public School (a low-resource budget school), in migrant-dominated northeast Delhi had always been the quiet type. He rarely spoke in class, kept to himself, and spent most of his time alone. Teachers thought he was just shy. But the results of Reyansh’s mental well-being screening carried out as part of the TeenBook Student Well-Being Program told a different story.