From Child Labour to College: Support Her Future

Aniket Datta Kangune,   Std. 6^th. 

Address:  At. Saikhindi, Tal. Sangamner, Dist. Ahmednagar.

Aniket appeared for his preliminary  school examination and the got results in December, 2011 and got first class in it.  During Diwali holiday he spend his maximum time in reading and playing with his friends.  A newspaper is coming in his village and he was reading the same with great care and enthusiasm.  General knowledge, cross-words and reading local news was his interest.

Aniket attened Child Parliament Training, that was arranged by NISD at Sangamner.  He put forth many points in the training.  He also took active part in selecting, guiding and organising new body of their Child Parliament .

In January 2012, an Education Tour of Child Parliament members organised to Khodad where they saw  one of  the biggest telescope  in the world placed there by GMRT.  He wrote a note on that and gave  information to the members who not able to attend the tour.  While coming back from Khodad they also visited old caves and Ganpati tempal at Lenyadri.

Aniket ‘s family shifted to the new rented house, in the same village, as the house owner wanted to live in that house.  Aniket  helped his parents in shifting work.  This new house is also in the same area. 

Aniket has two she goats- Chandani and Ekadashi.  Chandani gave birth to one she goat on the day of Kojagiri Pournima.  As it was an important festival and day  Aniket   kept name of the new one as “Koja”.

Harshida's Story - aged 7

Harshada’s parents, both mother and father, are working as wage labours and  whole day they are away from home.  Harshada’s old grand mother is the only person at home to look after three small kids which was beyond her capacity.  Their financial condition is very poor and the parents somehow manage the house expenses.

Harshada was very shy  girl and  was having inferiority complex.  That was the reason she was not able to mix with other children.  However three year back she joined in the pre-school centre, started by NISD, and there were number of changes took place in her overall personality.  She started taking interest in her studies, different plays, songs etc.  As her interest increased she was coming regularly in the pre-school.  Her hand writing is very beautiful. She also took part in number of competitions and gain confidence.

Last  June  she was enrolled in the formal school in the first standard.  When meet her class teacher, he told she is very clever and active girl.  Her hand writing is beautiful.  She sings songs, good in play, won in school competition, she is good in studies, and she never bunks her class.  She is  best student of our class and school.  Not only that but she gives speeches very well.  Comparative to other students she is  very good at reading, writing, story telling, singling  etc.

Harshada’s  younger brother and sister also attend the pre-school regularly.  Thanks to you for supporting NISD to run pre-school activities and for shaping  future of    displaced tribal  children like Harshada.