Grateful Heart- Nand Kishor

Nand Kishor with Anil Masiya(HOPE staff)

Nand Kishor Sain is studying in 8th class. When he was studying in 5th class, after school, he used to work part time at a tea stall in order to assist his family financially. In 2007 his father died and his mother started working as a helper and cook in weddings to support the family of nine members. In the same year his mother met with an accident and broke her spinal cord. She is now unable to work. The desperate situation of the family forced his older brother to work in a shop. After the school Sain goes to the market to work (from 2.30pm to 9:00pm). He gets customers to the dealers and avails of goods at a low rate for those customers. He gets a commission of Rs.1.50 paisa per bag (4 US cents) and makes about US$50 a month.

He cannot read or write simple English words. He enrolled himself in the after school tuition conducted by HOPE. We taught him the English alphabet, the days of the week, months of the year and some of the meaning of frequently used words. He is very eager, sincere, committed and hardworking and stands out among the tuition students. He feels HOPE has really helped him in improving not only his English but also in guiding him with his future.

I want to become an Engineer

Ganesh( in school dress) with his elder brother

Ganesh Goshwami belongs to a poor family. His family's main source of income is from a rented tea stall. His family works really hard to make ends meet. At 4:00 in the morning, they open their tea stall. Ganesh, along with his elder brother, assist their mother in the tea stall. He is so dedicated that nothing matters, even his studies. Last year, he participated in the summer camp organised by HOPE which had lots of classroom activities. He was so impressed with it. He started liking his studies again. Although there is no encouragement from his family, he now comes regularly to school and attends all his classes. He now gives time to his studies. After school hours, he does his homework and reads the lessons given to him. When asked what he wants to become, he said 'I want to become an engineer' He is grateful to HOPE for getting his interest back in his studies.

Looking for HOPE

                         Kids from the Slum

                       A Family from the slum

A recent survey in Rajiv Gandhi Kachi Basti Govt. Middle School, Jodhpur. The school is located about  12  kms  from  Jodhpur railway station and is in the midst of a slum of over  5000 people, mostly rag pickers.

The school has a  total  of  321  children  (187  boys and 134 girls). The school has offered to provide us with a room for computer training.  It could also be used for outside youth for vocational training. This would actually make a huge impact in their  lives. Most of them are guards, helpers or work as servants in people’s houses.  Computer training would give them a great opportunity to improve not just their skills but also their lives. It’s a chance to encourage drop outs from the school to build an interest in going back to school rather than picking up rags and garbage. In principle we have found a donor, who will establish the computer lab, however, we are seeking for donor who could fund the running cost. If you know of some friends who would be interested in sponsoring such noble  cause,  kindly  forward our blog information to them. It takes Rupees fifty a child per month to run this program.

Enthusiastic learner

Bijaram is studying in 10^th class at Govt.Sec.School, Maderna Colony, Jodhpur. By nature he is an cheerful and talkative person. His father sells vegetables and some times does masonry work. In a family of eight, Bijaram is the only child who has reached 10^th class. Bijaram gets up in the morning at 4 am everyday. Then he goes to vegetable market to buy vegetables for his father and then prepares to go to school. Initially, when HOPE worldwide started working in Govt. Secondary School in Maderna colony, he was not able to make / understand simple English sentences which did not encourage him to concentrate on the topic taught in the class. Through the play-way methods used by the HOPE trainers, Bijaram started taking interest in learning English and since then improved in English sentence formation. He is one of the active participants in spoken English class and is grateful to HOPE worldwide for inspiring his learning skills. He dreams of working in Indian Army.