Mumbai: MiD DAY's front page story on St Catherine of Siena's orphan under-8 footballers (February 20) has evoked a lot of response from generous and sympathetic readers, who were moved on learning about the under-privileged kids.


Big boost: MiD DAY reader Himanshu Kapadia (in pink shirt) at the St Catherine of Siena Orphanage in Bandra where he handed over a cheque of Rs 10,000 on Saturday . Pic/Shadab Khan 

One of the first calls this correspondent received the day the story was published was from an executive of a corporate house who wished to help through their Corporate Social Responsibility programme. "We would like to pay for the meals of these children for a year," said the executive who did not wish to be named.