Twelve year old Anshu is a resident of Badpura, and is studying in grade 8 at the school run by Pardada Pardadi in rural Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Tajvir, is a bus driver and her mother, Kamlesh, is a housewife. She has one sister and one brother, and lives in a house which doesn’t have electricity or a toilet. The family owns two buffalos which are used both to provide milk and as a source of labor.

Anshu is an intelligent girl in her class .She is very sincere her work. Her favourite subject is English. Her parents are literate, and support her in her desire to complete a higher education and becoming a teacher. She likes to play kho-kho.

Felix, Anshu much appreciates your gift of a set of two school uniforms, shoes, socks and winter clothes. This will ensure that she comes to school regularly.

Thank you, Felix, for supporting Anshu.

Nineteen year old Shivani lives in the village of Garhara, and she is currently in class 10B in the school run by Pardada Pardadi. Her father, Virendra, is a farmer, and her mother, Rajkumari, is a housewife; Shivani’s father has a M.A. degree while her mother has a class 10 education. Shivani has two brothers, and they all live in a four room house; her family has a toilet and a hand pump for water, but they do not have electricity. Also, her family owns two buffalo which is used for milk and a source of labor.

Shivani is an extremely smart and vivacious girl. Her favorite subject is English, but she loves computer classes too. Also, Shivani likes to draw pictures in the program, Paint, and she practices typing often and improves quickly. Shivani’s English is very good; she came first in her English exams in 8^th class, and when she was in class 7, she was top of her class overall. Furthermore, Shivani is very active in school activities, and recently participated in a theatre group, performing a short play in Delhi. Since both of her parents are educated, there was no question about sending and supporting their children in school. After graduating, she hopes to attend college in Delhi and eventually become an English teacher.

Your donation, James, enabled Pardada Pardadi to give a bicycle to Shivani. Since Shivani has a bicycle, she is able to come to school more often, and it is safer for her also. Walking home in the dark is a very unsafe thing for these girls to do, so the bicycle also ensures safety to the girls. With the bicycle, Shivani only has to ride 30 minutes instead of an hour or an hour and a half that it might take from walking!

Thank you so much, James, for supporting Shivani!

Fifteen year old Rashmi lives in the village of Torai, and she is currently in class 10B at the school run by Pardada Pardadi. Her father, Subhash, is a doctor, and her mother, Rajwati, is a housewife; Rashmi’s father has a class 10 education while her mother has none. Rashmi has two sisters and two brothers who all live in a four room house; her family has a toilet, hand pump for water, and electricity. Also, her family has one cow and four buffalo which all provide milk, and the buffalo are a source of labor too.

Rashmi is a very intelligent girl, coming second in her class last year. When she was in class 8, she was the only girl to get 1^st division in every subject. By this, one can tell Rashmi is very dedicated to her students, always does her work, and pays attention in class. However, when Rashmi is not in class she loves to play cricket which is her favorite sport. After she graduates, Rashmi would like to become a doctor.

At Pardada Pardadi, there is a scholarship for girls to receive bicycles. This scholarship is given to girls that are dedicated to school and who live to0 far away to walk to school.

Your donation, Karen, enabled Pardada Pardadi to give Rashmi a bicycle. Since Rashmi has a bicycle, she is able to come to school more often, and it is safer for her also. Walking home in the dark is a very unsafe thing for these girls to do, so the bicycle also ensures safety to the girls. With the bicycle, Rashmi only has to ride 30 minutes instead of an hour or an hour and a half that it might take from walking!

Thank you so much, Karen, for supporting Rashmi!

Eleven year old Aysha lives in the village of Lachhampur in rural Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Sajid Khan, is a laborer and her mother, Kharunnisha, is a housewife. Both her parents are illiterate, and she has three brothers. Aysha’s family lives in a house that has electricity, but no toilet or hand pump.

Aysha’s favorite subject is English, and she also likes hand embroidery work.  She likes to play cricket. She likes singing and dancing. She is a simple girl.Her aim is to be a great teacher. She likes Pardada Pardadi School very much.

Your donations of a month of tuition each, Garance, Ellizabeth, Laura, Tom, Mike and Suzanne (x3), Tom (x2), Michael, and Peter and Kim (x2), will ensure that Aysha is able to stay in school for an additional year.

Thank you so much for coming together to support  Aysha!

Ruksar is a very hardworking and sincere girl. Her favourite subject is Mathematics, and she loves playing Kho Kho. She also likes reading stories.

Rukshar is very keen on joining the Police Force after she completes her education. While she is bright enough to be able to clear the written examinations, she realizes that a simple village girl like her may not have the other skills to join the force.

Your generous donations, Elizabeth, Nicky, Benjamin, Megan (x4) and James (x5), will enable Pardada Pardadi to provide computer education and spoken English classes to Rukshar for a full year. She will be given time to work on the computers, so she is familiar with them. She will also have volunteers teach her conversational English, and guide her on how to conduct herself.

Thank you for helping Rukshar become more self confident, and thereby bring her closer to achieving her ambitions.

Nineteen year old Shivani hails from the village of Garhara, and she is currently in class 10B at the school run by Pardada Pardadi. Her father, Virendra, is a farmer, and her mother, Rajkumari, is a housewife. Shivani has two brothers, and they all live in a four room house, which has water and sanitation facilities but no electricity.

Shivani is an extremely smart and vivacious girl. Her English is very good; she came first in her English exams in 8^th class, and when she was in class 7, she was top of her class overall. Furthermore, Shivani is very active in school activities, and recently participated in a theatre group, performing a short play in Delhi.

Her favorite subject is English, and ever since computer classes were introduced, that is becoming her favourite too. Shivani loves to draw pictures using the program, Paint, and she is becoming proficient at typing. She loves her spoken English classes and is already becoming quite a chatterbox.

Since both of her parents are educated, they support her decision to go to Delhi for further studies. Thanks to your donation, Ajay, Shivani will now be able to hone her skill on the computer, and brush up on spoken English. Your donation will also provide classes in Personality Development, which will enable Shivani is able to become confident and sure of herself. No matter what is thrown her way, Shivani is will able to handle it with maturity and self- respect.

Thank you, Ajay, for helping Shivani break away from her traditional background, and grasping for the stars!

Seventeen year old Asma hails from the village of Karanpur in Uttar Pradesh in a one room house without electricity, or toilet facilities. Her father, Saddik, who passed away recently was a daily laborer, and her mother, Muntiyajan, is a housewife. She has three brothers. The family faces considerable financial hardship, and Asma is feeling the pressure to shoulder some of the economic burden.

Asma has studied upto grade 8, but she now wants to concentrate on getting trained in a vocation, so she can start earning money. Your donation, Henry, would enable Pardada Pardadi to train Asma in Advanced Tailoring Techniques, and help her find a good job on completion of the course. Asma is confident of earning at least $ 100 per month once she completes the course. This money will come in very useful in meeting the household expenses, and will ensure that Asma has an audible voice in the community.

Thank you for helping Asma find her place in life.