HOW A CONCERT IN THE CITY BY THE BLACKSTRATBLUES WILL SOON HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS TO LEARN HOW TO SAIL

While sailing is considered an elite sport, a sailing club in Hyderabad — the Yacht Club — has been offering lessons to everyone interested in it regardless of economic status. And now, to raise funds for the club’s initiatives, a charity concert by the Blackstratblues’ Warren Mendonsa will be held this month-end to help them easily sail through all odds.

Started in 2009 by Suheim Sheikh, the club makes it accessible to all by linking up with various foundations and NGOs to provide sailing lessons to underprivileged kids in government schools.

Rohini Mukherjee, CEO of Nanhi Kali, a division of the Naandi Foundation that looks after underprivileged girls, explains, “At first, when Suheim approached us, we didn’t believe in his concept. But it was his continuous push and his belief that made it all happen. More than 12 of our girls are training with him regularly.”

“We are working with economically challenged children from several government schools. IPS officer Praveen Kumar,