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This school in Ghaziabad helps rebuild lives of Delhi’s riot-affected children
Mujtaba decided to start a school for riot-affected children after meeting Arsh, a 14-year-old boy, who was “afraid of returning to school” in the aftermath of the riots. A two-dozen-strong mob burnt down Arsh’s father Mohammad Saleem’s salon".

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Ram Navami Violence: Bihar Police Arrest Scores of Muslim Youth, Minorsl
Miles2Smile, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), is providing rehabilitation and assistance to the affected people, Aasif Mujataba, founder of the NGO and a social activist, told Clarion India.“We are working on the ground and will provide, medical, legal and financial help".

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Victim of Bihar Sharif violence gets new lease of life with aid from Miles2Smile
Imteyaz lost his source of livelihood during the Ram Navami violence in Bihar Sharif in Bihar’s Nalanda district as he was almost lynched. As Hindutva goons thrashed him, he cried out to his God to spare his life for the sake of his children, Ayat and Rehan”.

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TOGETHER, THEY GROW
However, Miles2Smile is not just an educational beneficiary. It has also been restoring their lost livelihoods, smiles and hopes for their futures. As envisioned by the UNHCR Refugee Education Strategy 2030, released in September 2019, Miles2Smile ensures an approach of inclusion where regional actors and host communities .

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Children of The Delhi Violence: Finding Safety in a School
Three years after the northeast Delhi riots left 53 people dead and hundreds injured, homeless and jobless, a school in Ghaziabad is attempting to rehabilitate riot-hit children. Article 14 visited Sunrise Public School, where the first batch of 148 children had grown to 385 students

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Three years on, the shadow of Delhi riots looms over children – and their friendships
“Relief and rehabilitation for people who lost relatives or their property is a long-drawn process. It takes years to take them out of the trauma,” said Mujtaba. “But education can’t wait, so we started the school.”.

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Being discriminated, difficult to get house help jobs after Jahangirpuri riots, say women from minority community
NGO Miles 2 Smile, which helped families whose makeshift shops were demolished in the anti-encroachment drive, estimates that in areas of C-Block where it worked,

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DEMOLISHING MUSLIM PROPERTIES IN INDIA
Aasif Mujtaba, the founder of Miles2Smile, a group working for the rehabilitation of people affected by violence in north India, claims there is no remedy as the state becomes the “perpetrator” of targeting the people.

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Jahangirpuri: Muslim women face discrimination in getting house help jobs post riots
NGO Miles 2 Smile, which helped families whose makeshift shops were demolished in the anti-encroachment drive, estimates that in areas of C-Block where it worked, around 70 to 80 women have jobs of domestic helps..

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Hindutva Pop Is the New Soundtrack to the Anti-Muslim Movement in India
Aasif Mujtaba, a minority rights activist and founder of Miles2Smile Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves Rohingya refugees and survivors of religious attacks across the country,

How Businesses Of Three Muslim Men Were Brought Back To Normal In Violence-hit Karauli
Month after communal clashes broke out in Rajasthan’s Karauli leaving 35 people injured, several vehicles and shops set on fire, an NGO has helped people get back on their feet.

'My Husband Was Burnt In Front Of My Child’: Two Years On, Delhi Riot Victims Await Justice and Closure
North-East Delhi resident Mallika will never forget the chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ amid the shrieks of her husband. On February 25, 2020, a mob of rioters entered her..

For children impacted by Delhi riots, a school to help them with trauma
The Sunrise Public School in Ghaziabad's Loni tries to help these children rebuild their lives.When the Delhi riots broke out in February 2020 numerous children bore witness to

Across the divide, children who lost parents in 2020 Delhi violence struggle to move forward
Two years since 53 people were killed in violence that broke out on February 23, 2020, children of families who lost members are still coming to terms with the loss.

School rebuilds lives of kids affected in riots
Sunrise Public School in Loni was started by a PhD scholar from IIT-Delhi. A school for north-east riot victims has been running near the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border since November last year.

Wounded, Paralysed, but Still Jailed: Delhi Riots Victim Recounts 17-Month-Long Ordeal
Mohd. Shahid had been healing from a gunshot received in the communal conflagration in North East Delhi last February when he was arrested.

A Chilling Past, an Insecure Future: How Delhi Riots Scarred Kids
Traumatised by the 2020 Delhi riots, children are trying their best to return to studies “Life was fine before the incident But ever since our father passed away.

'Only His Shoes Survived': Victims Struggle to Recover from Horrors of Delhi Riots
Rukshana Bano's husband was among the 53 people killed in the violence. Almost six months later, there has been no progress in punishing the guilty..

Riot victims stitch back their lives by sewing safety gear
The eldest of six siblings, Saina was worried after her father’s e-rickshaw was burnt, home and grocery shop damaged in the riots. Eighteen-year-old Saina, a resident of Shiv Vihar in northeast Delhi, has had little to do since her

India: Fire rips through Rohingya camp, leaving hundreds homeless
Hundreds of Rohingya rendered homeless after a massive fire razes Rohingya camp in the Madanpur Khadar area of Delhi..

Mosque in Indian capital’s Rohingya camp bulldozed: Refugees
Rohingya living in a camp at New Delhi’s Madanpur Khader area accuse authorities of demolishing the makeshift mosque.

Unlocking hope in the face of a lockdown
Service to humanity is the only motivation for Aasif Mujtaba Thirty-one-year-old Aasif Mujtaba is often mistaken for a lawyer, and sometimes a doctor. .

India contradicts its own Constitutional 'Right to Live' by depriving basic rights for Muslim Rohingya refugees
The exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar has been filled by exceeding violence. With a proportion of the community now seeking refuge in India, the marginalised community now faces double discrimination, as both a refugee and a Muslim in BJP India.

Rohingya refugees in India fear deportation
Indian officials have called for the deportation of nearly 40,000 Rohingya refugees, many of whom live in dire conditions. The government claims they are a threat to national security, but critics say it is a campaign of discrimination.

Delhi violence: Students and humanitarian groups reach to heal wounds and end starving
After days of carnage in northeast Delhi which took nearly 50 lives, relief groups reach the riot-affected regions with food, medicine and supplies. Numerous groups and students from universities have started initiatives which are trying to the extent all forms of help to the..

Muslim survivors of Delhi riots develop COVID-19 PPE kits
Muslim women who survived the communal riots of North East Delhi – which killed over 50 – are now the “khalasis” of Personal Protective Equipment kits for COVID-19.

A year after Delhi pogrom, this school brings hope to survivors
Aasif Mujtaba, runs the school under his relief group called Miles2smile. Life overturned for Mohammed Saleem when violent Hindu mob torched his juice shop in Shiv Vihar, a place worst hit in the 2020 Delhi pogrom.

“Life without our papa isn’t the same”: Children of Delhi pogrom
Asad (11) and his brother Ayaan (9) sit on their terrace in Loni, Ghaziabad, their second home; they are playful but reserved. Both brothers had just arrived home from a school function.

Of Nightmares and Dreams: Children Deal with Aftermath of Delhi Riots 2020
Their fathers snatched away, the children who lost it all to the 2020 Delhi riots are struggling to move on Even the slightest commotion takes Khushi back to the afternoon of 24 February..

'हमारे सामने हमारे पापा को मार दिया था, उनकी बहुत याद आती है'
दिल्ली दंगों को दो साल से ज़्यादा वक़्त बीत चुका है, इन दंगों में कई लोगों ने अपनी जान गंवा दी थी, उन लोगों के बच्चे आज किस हाल में जी रहे हैं. बीबीसी संवाददाता बुशरा शेख़ की यह रिपोर्ट देखिए.

Blinded in Delhi pogrom: Shahrukh says “no hope for justice”
Shahrukh, a cloth seller, was dragged out of a moving auto and brutally thrashed by a Hindu mob in northeast Delhi’s Shiv Vihar on February 24, 2020, the day Delhi anti-Muslim pogrom erupted.

Teachers’ Day 2022: Meet Islamuddin, a Delhi riot victim who teaches at school started for child victims of the February 2020 violence
Teachers' Day 2022: He teaches Hindi as well as Social Science and tries to help students work through their own trauma at Sunrise Public School, Ghaziabad..

How Aasif Mujtaba And His Miles2Smile Is Rebuilding Lives Of Kids Affected In Delhi Pogrom
The 2020 Delhi Pogrom displaced scores of people from their homes and the children could not go back to school..

दिल्ली: माता-पिता को खोने के बाद किस हालात में जी रहे हैं बच्चें?
दिली में घटी भयावह घटना को दो साल हो चुके है. इस दौरान जिन बच्चों ने अपने परिजनों को खोया आज वे बीती बातों को भुलाने की कोशिश के साथ आगे बढ़ने की कोशिश में हैं.

Aasif Mujtaba rekindles hope for riot-affected children
Aasif, a Delhi-based campaigner, launched his mission by imparting skills to stay-at-home Muslim girls skills that could become their source of livelihood.Aasif Mujtaba is the founder of the NGO Miles2Smile Foundation which works out of Southeast Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh Miles2Smiles has since turned into a social movement to improve the lives and future of Muslim children.

Karauli Violence: Twitter Users Raise Funds For Man Who Was Inconsolable After He Lost His Shop
Hours after Aasif Mujtba took to Twitter to share the ordeal of a man who lost his only livelihood in Karauli violence, the journalist tweeted that over Rs 3 lakh have been raised for the man.

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Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camp In Nuh, Haryana, 32 Shanties Gutted
Aasif Mujtaba who runs Miles2Smiles Foundation in New Delhi said his group has started our relief work at the camp after the fire. “We have distributed woollen clothes and blankets to these distressed families

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