Our Graduates
Amar
Amar came to the garage school in its very first year. However there was so much
trouble at home. His father, a mason was a drunkard and fought with his mother
often. He would not give any money to her and she struggled to feed the children
and send them to school. To ease her difficulties, she arranged the marriage of
her 14 year old daughter against her wishes.
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The girl was married. The next day, when it was getting
dark, a candle was lit in the hut. The girl who was not used to wearing
unwieldy saris was walking by and her sari got fire. The thin nylon sari quickly engulfed her in flames. Badly
burnt, she was taken to the hospital where she died after 2 weeks. |
He was sent to a proper school for class III. He failed three times. Amar used
to see rich kids go roller skating on the road in the morning.
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skates? His dream remained a dream until one day The Good Samaritans gave a
roller skates and this became his pastime. When he passed class VI, he was asked
to be a skating instructor. |
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He started teaching kids in big schools of Delhi. In the meantime he
participated in more competitions and won laurels.
Amar still remains very humble. He loves the teachers and all who have helped
him to come up in life. |
Swathi N. Varu
Swathi N. Varu was a 13 year old girl living in Anjar town in Kutch district,
Gujarat along with her parents and two sisters. Anjar town was very famous for
handicraft. Most of the people in this town were from tailor community. She was
a very enthusiastic girl. Tragedy struck her on January 26, 2001 when the
earthquake struck. When the whole country was celebrating the 52nd Republic Day,
the state of Gujarat was filled with cries of agony and pain. |
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Many people lost their lives. Millions were hurt. Many were handicapped.
On 26th January, 2001 Swathi was preparing to take bath. At that time, the
earthquake struck and she ran out of her house. As she ran out, one building
fell on her. Meanwhile her mother got head injury. |
Few hours later Swathi's
father came from his factory and removed Swathi from the debris. Since the
Government hospital in the district got buried, there was no hospital to treat
her. He had to take her to the Ahmedabad government hospital , which is 354 km
from Anjar.
Swathi's right hand and let leg were amputated. |
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polyethylene tent in Anjar for about 5 months. During this period, Dr. Emil
Jebasingh And Dr. Mrs. Ananthi Jebasingh visited the quake affected area. Mrs.
Ananthi Jebasingh met Swathi and consoled her. After returning to Delhi, Dr.
Ananthi Jebasingh wrote to Swathi for which Swathi replied very earnestly. |
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The correspondence through letters increased. Swathi was taken to the Vellore
hospital and she had an artificial hand and a leg fixed to her broken parts with
the financial help of The Good Samaritans. Also, she was given good
physiotherapy exercise. Swathi says, she has recovered 80% and is now able to
eat and is also able to write and do her regular routine. With her artificial
leg, she is able to walk without crutches. Swathi has passed her 10th grade with
good scores. |
Mahabali Rai
Mahabali Rai, a twelve-year-old boy, joined the Alaknanda Center on 1994. He had
been in a local government school upto 4th class. His brother Sahabali Rai
studied in the garage school before him and had known about Jesus.
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Mahabali joined in I standard. His father Ramchandran was a mason and his mother
Phoolmati was a maid. He has three brothers Govind, Sanjay and Sahabali. |
As soon as Mahabali started coming to the school, according to him, he found a
completely different and comfortable experience around him. He came to know
about Jesus through the teachers. He started believing that Jesus is only the
true God and that Jesus died for him and he will forgive all his sins. He
started reading the bible to know more about Jesus.
Though Mahabali had some difficulties in his studies, with the kind help of the
teachers he picked up the subjects very well. His family members also started
encouraging him in his studies.
After he finished first standard, he went to another school to take up an
entrance test to join third standard and with faithful prayers he was able to
pass the test and join the school. The Good Samaritans took care of his studies
by paying his fees, issuing books and giving tuitions to cope up with difficult
subjects.
He then took up his tenth standard in open school. As to him, he says, “I was
very afraid of the tenth board and at that time Mummyji told me to put all my
problems in Jesus and to study with prayers, He will pass me. I did the same and
He did make me pass my board. I am very thankful to Jesus and Mummyji”
Mahabali then took up twelfth standard also and passed it successfully. Now he
is working as a site supervisor under V/K Constructions.
Mahabali was the first boy to pass out twelfth standard. He will have to get his
seat in college. Please pray for his future. |
