Children in Higher Classes
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Rahul Tarachand
Rahul belongs to one of the untouchable communities of India. Both he and his
sister Anisha are determined to make a difference with education. |
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Outspoken and smiling this son of a cobbler is
very good at studies. His favourite subjects
are Science, Maths and English. He would like to become a doctor or a scientist.
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Deepa Roy
Deepa has been a scared little girl when she came to The Good
Samaritans. Her father was buried alive while digging a trench. Now she has
gained confidence. |
With a smile on her face, she is steadily
improving in her studies. She is now in grade VI
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Amit
Totally handicapped waist downward, Amit cannot walk. His friends have to lift
him to change place. Undaunted this 13 year old keeps himself very alert and
attentive in the class and comes first in academics. |
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Coming from a poor family, where the father is an attender earning just $40 a
month, the family struggles to keep all the four children in school. Mother
Usha supplements the family income with $15 a month as a maid.
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Hare Krishna
12 years old Hare Krishna has been a heart patient with swelling in the
valve. He has to take regular injections once in three weeks. His father
is a graduate and works in a soil testing company. |
However he earns just $50 a
month which is not enough to care for his son’s heart and to run the family.
Hare Krishna has put his trust in the healing power of Jesus and feels much
better. He wants to be a doctor with heart specialization to help people with
heart problems.
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Jai Prakash
11 years old Jai Prakash is a child with bright eyes. He loves to learn Maths
and understands it so well. Once he was bitten by a monkey in the school
and is scared of them. He loves to go to church and sing songs. He is in class VI. |
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Mrithunjoy Haldhar
Mrithunjoy lost his father when he was five. His mother works as maid in many
houses to feed the children. He’s in 11th grade. He says “When I am
educated I can support my mother and brothers and sisters.” |
In this school I have come to
know about the living God. When I grow I want to support children like me who
do not have any help.
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Ravi Munnalal
Ravi’s father is a painter and mother a maid. He finds it difficult to pay his
share of the education cost as his father doesn’t have a regular income.
He goes to school only with a cup of tea. His uncle has cancer. |
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| He once knelt near his uncle’s bed and prayed
for him for two hours and saw the miracle of him getting up from his death
bed. |
