Champa · one-year-old female · Station Road, Ara
Rajiv kept his son’s first birthday at home.
Instead of a hall and balloons, he kept the gathering small — just family, just home — and put the difference into sponsoring a dog through SIF.
Champa is one year old, female, and lives at the chai stall on Rajiv’s street. SIF used the donation for her sterilization and a full vaccination panel. She now shares a birthday year with his son.
“He'll grow up knowing the chai stall dog by name. That's a better story than a hall full of cousins he won't remember.”
— Rajiv, on the choice