The Blossom Bus: Help Rural Girls Get To School!

To date, Blossom Bus has served a total of 797 students. In the 2018-2019-year, Blossom Bus served 328 individuals from 15 different villages. Within those numbers, 40 of the students are enrolled in college and 7 are enrolled in master’s programs. Below is a field report about Babita and Savita, sisters who are preparing to become police women.

We met Babita and Savita on the 5^th of January 2019 at their house in Bhanguri village. The Blossom Bus served them in their undergraduate degrees and is now serving them as they complete a Law Enforcement master’s degree in Palwal. They will graduate in 2019 and are very happy to be the first in their village with master’s degree.

Savita and Babita are both smart while Savita is outgoing and Babita is a bit shy. I asked them “why are you so serious about your studies when most of the people in villages think that there is no use of education as there are no jobs available after graduation?” to which Savita very promptly replied "jobs are available, and we have to become qualified to grab them. How can we expect to get a job when we are not qualified for one” she said.

Their father Birbal told us that both Babita and Savita have completed the written examination conducted by Haryana Police and he is hopeful that both his daughters shall become Police Women soon. They are also preparing for exams for a job with the Delhi Police. Birbal works as a casual labor at a small toy factory in Palwal and gets a meager salary but he is determined to get his daughters educated. Birbal told us that he is supporting his daughters in every possible way and accompanying them to the examination centers or any department for tests and job interviews.

Birbal stated that this dream for his daughters became a reality with the Blossom Bus. He said that he was not capable of spending thousands of rupees on his daughters travel to college every month. “My daughters could not have reached here without the Blossom Bus. The day my daughters will get a job, I will first invite Lotus Outreach for a big THANK YOU. You made it possible even to have a DREAM” Birbal exclaimed with immense gratitude.