𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱…
This is what, 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝘆𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝘂, Ganeswar Club Field staff did. As part of her role, she 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀 & 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻.
During the course of her work, she came across Papina Behera.
𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀
Against all odds, despite all obstacles, hope is what helps sail through tough times…
Twenty-year old Sushant Dehury is an embodiment of grit and determination when it comes to breaking the vicious cycle of poverty & carving a better life for his family and himself.
Sushant and his three siblings were born and raised in Kanjiajharan a
Grit, determination, passion, hard work, continuous learner, gratitude…
All the above describe the simple and unassuming Rajadurai from Villupuram.
Raja was born and brought up in a humble backdrop with his parents working as brick kiln workers.
At the brick kiln, the work would be only during nights thereby affecting their health as the sleeping pattern gets altered.
By Suchitra Rao
The second wave of COVID brought about such a strain on the health infrastructure of the country, that it was up to the community and individuals to search and find life-saving medical resources. In this time of need, the entire Team of ILPians, including staff, Trustees and Volunteers collaborated
Born to a mother who is a homemaker and father who works as a plumber, Chandana is the younger of two siblings. She studied in a government school in Khairtabad mandal and came in contact with ILP when she was in the 9th std.
ILP had just started
Badagola village lies about 80 kms north-west of the city of Cuttack, Odisha. It’s a small community of just over 200 people, most of whom are daily wage
labourers. There is a single Anganwadi in the village to cater to 13 children of preschool going age. The school
When you enter the primary school in Mandiralvalasa village in Vizianagaram district, you will be greeted with a hearty ‘Good morning’ from a group of 1st Grade and 2nd Grade children sitting in one shared classroom. The most surprising part of this interaction is the confidence in those smiling faces.
In remote rural villages, children have few real/role models to look up to. Praislin, a young girl from Thirunindravur, Tamil Nadu, was forced to drop her educational aspirations as her father, the sole provider in the family, battled health issues. She was passionate about the English language and wanted to become an English professor.
These young migrant children wandered around the brick kilns, and were being exposed to serious safety hazards. Slowly, yet surely they were also being forced into child labor in the brick kilns. Tamil Nadu is a land of 3,000 brick kilns where 90% of the 300,000 workers are seasonal migrants from within and outside the state.
Second PU results came out last week. One of the girls, Pragati , supported by ILP scored 71%. Everyone at ILP was extremely happy at the achievement. Even NDTV came over to cover her as part of their series on education. Surprised? And wondering why a girl, who scored 71% marks, became this significant, when the first rank student in Karnataka probably scored 98% or more.