We at SPARSH Balgram make an attempt to provide a home to these children despite all odds. Odds that would break ordinary people but we aren't ordinary because we take the responsibility of looking after these beautiful children and give them a normal life with the best we can.

In the year 2005, I got married to a twenty year old orphan girl, Sujata, whose parents had died of AIDS. We lived in Satara, a small town in Maharashtra. The villagers knew nothing about the deadly disease except that it was contagious and since Sujata's parents were afflicted with AIDS, they assumed she and I were most likely to contract it and spread it around town. We were thrown out of the village and I soon began work at Snehalya, Solapur where I met Mrs. Isabella Mascarenhes, the head of Royal Rose Foundation, Pune, and together we decided to open SPARSH Balgram for HIV/AIDS afflicted orphans.

Today, the organization boasts of twelve children between the age group of 3 to 7 years and looks after their mental, physical and emotional needs. Lack of funds and Government support does tie our hands to a great extent but a noble mission such as this can hardly be put aside for the sake of convenience or comfort. The children are housed in a 1bhk apartment which they share with us. It's a tight squeeze and every other day is a struggle to make ends meet but the joy of seeing them smile makes it all worthwhile.