Thirty years ago, an earthquake in the Indian state of Maharashtra destroyed dozens of villages, and killed thousands of people. In the days after, a social worker noticed the profound needs of children orphaned by the disaster. He founded a school in the city of Pune that took in about 1,000 children and housed, educated and attended to their mental health needs. As Namrata Kolachalam reports from Pune, the school continues to serve survivors of many kinds of tragedies in India, and many of its graduates have succeeded both professionally, and in giving back to those in need.
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