The Beginning

It was the passionate appeal of a child in the year 1991, wanting to go to the school that prompted the founder of this project Mamoon Akhtar to start teaching 5-6 children in his own house. As the residents of the area became aware of this “school”, more and more children started coming and there was no place to seat them. Mamoon constructed a room on his own small plot of land (600 sq.ft.) and the one room SHM School was born with 25 young eager children flocking to it. Mamoon rose to the occasion and went from door to door to raise Rs.28, 000 p.a. (in addition to their own contribution of Rs.10, 000). From that it has grown to the following.