By Venkat Ramakrishnan | Project Leader
Harini studies in grade 5 at the Dharmapuri
Isha Vidhya school. She started with grade 2
at the school. Harini's father was an alcoholic.
Harini’s mother suffered a lot because of her
father’s alcoholism, even from day one of the
marriage. Harini’s father then got affected by
brain cancer. The family spent around 3 lakh
rupees for his medical expenses. But the
treatment was not able to save him. Harini's
mother now lives with her five children. Being
a single parent, she struggles a lot to run the
family.
Though she owns a petty shop, the revenue is
pretty less and is not sufficient to run the family.
She is doing the tailoring work at home to earn
extra income. She feels very bad that she is not
able to buy new clothes for her kids during
festival times. At times, she is not even able to
feed her children.
The siblings of Harini are studying at nearby
government schools. Our teachers told Harini’s
mother about the student education sponsorship
at Isha Vidhya, so Harini joined the Dharmapuri
Isha Vidhya school.
Her mother now fees happy about the educational
support given to Harini. She says that her sufferings
should never affect her children. She thanked
Isha Vidhya and the donors for giving the opportunity
to Harini for her education.
Editor’s note: Students like Harini are getting their
education sponsored through big-hearted donors
like you. To help continue Isha Vidhya’s cause of
educating rural children with quality education,
you may want to consider starting a recurring
donation for a small amount, so that you can be
continually engaged with Isha Vidhya’s work. Thank
you for all you have done for Isha Vidhya!
Recurring Donation Link:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empower-india-girl-students-through-education?show=recurring
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