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Cristen gave 10 for a month of computer training and English speaking classes

Poonam hopes to be economically independent soon

posted August 8, 2011

Poonam
Eighteen year old Poonam hails from the village of Achalpur in Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Bhagwan Das, is laborer, and her mother, Chandrawati , is a housewife. She has two brothers and two sisters all of whom live in a three room house, which has electricity, but no running water, or toilets.

Like most girls from rural India, she was forced to drop out of school after completing grade 5. She helps her mother around the house, and has no say in deciding her future. She has kept in touch with the teachers in her school, and when she was offered the option of learning a vocational skill she grabbed the opportunity. Your donation, Bellevue Rotary, enabled Pardada Pardadi to provide training to her for six months free of cost. At the end of the course she will be assured a job in garment manufacturing, and the financial independence will go a long way in she being able to stand up for her rights at home.

Thank you, Bellevue Rotary, for giving Poonam a voice. In her spare time, she likes to play kho- kho and she often borrows books from the school library for reading at home.




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