‘My life turned very happy after I found Isai Maiyam. The years living in the girlshome were very joyful. Isai Maiyam has been a blessing for me’ ~ Punitha Manager Ananda Special Day Care Center - Music teacher at Isai Ragam Punitha (1988) is married to Sagadevan and mother of two children (8 and 11). She is general manager of Ananda Special Daycare and works as a musicteacher for Isai Ragam community centers. Punitha lives with her family close to the Artschool. Punitha moved in to IM childrenshome when she was seventeen years old. Her parents got divorced and the homesituation was unstable. She was in her final year of highschool and a friend recommended IM. She lived in Isay Maiyam childrenshome for about six year. Living in Isai Maiyam childrenshome, Punitha was introduced to music. She learned to play percussion and wanted to learn more. With support from IM she studied four years of performing arts, followed by a teacher training. During that time Punitha also started working in a special school for disabled children. She loved the work so much, she suggested IM should start a similar school for hanicapped children. And so Ananda Special Daycare came to be! What started in 2010 with just two children, is now a full operating day care school with 48 students and seven teachers. For fifteen years Punitha has been running the school with much love and dedication. Her biggest dream is to be able to conitue for manny more years to come. In Isai Maiyam childrenshome Punitha met Sagadevan, who was living in the boys home. They were but teenagers. They fell in love and twelve years ago they got married. 47
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