From Child Labour to College: Support Her Future

Meera is 51. She came from a very poor farming family in the village of Kotul. Meera became a teacher and started work in a government school in 1984. She worked hard to improve the teaching standards in the school and went to many professional teacher training courses to improve her teaching ability.  

Despite Meera’s efforts, the school where she taught was not a good experience for the children who attended there. The school was a failing school and was deemed below government standards. There were no play areas and very little awareness amidst parents on the importance of education.

The project arranged meeting’s with the teachers and the school management to start the process of improving the school’s standards. Meera attended both meetings and as a result was introduced to the team and their work.

In 2014 Meera became the principle of a school in the village of Nannajdumala. The school was predominantly children from highly marginalized caste groups such as tribal people. Meera brought in the project to work with the school and the parents. The team helped Meera create digital classrooms and a playground area. The enrollment, grades and participation rate of the school children all improved as well. Meera is very happy to see her work with the project team come to so much good. None of this would have been possible without the project and its supporters.