What a little encouragement can do…

Dinesh always looked very serious; a smile on his face was very rare. He is a 6th standard student. He is the youngest in his family of six children.

Last summer Dinesh enrolled himself in the summer camp organised by HOPE worldwide. He enjoyed the activities like drawing and painting, craft, outdoor and indoor games but when it was time to learn, read, and do homework or merely write down from the blackboard he was not good at that. Dinesh’s sisters were also coming for the summer camp but they were doing better. The HOPE teachers would interact with the students during their lunch break to counsel, inspire and encourage them to do better. Dinesh mentioned that it was difficult for him to concentrate as he was insecure and scared of being punished. He wanted to do well in his class but he was not able to. The HOPE teachers encouraged him in small things. They would use encouraging words like “ neat and clean work; nice spelling, good work, great job”. Recently in the class tests he scored 8 out of 10. The encouragement has helped him to do well in other subjects also. Even the other government teachers started noticing the difference. It has helped him to understand his weaknesses and help others who are like him. Now he is among the good students in the class and he smiles more often.

Dinesh with Roseleen(HOPE staff)