When Sarita Burman delivered her child in the local hospital and also fed the child colostrums and exclusively breast fed the child, she was one of the few who followed this practice that ensures children survive.
She looks like any other girl in her slum, but stands out the moment she speaks. The words she uses, the smiles on her face and that confidence, gives a picture that Mayuri is ahead of the other girls – no question about it.
Many school going children in Pokhrad village are no different from Neelam – but this was not so in the past. Previously, sending children to school especially girls was never a priority but World Vision’s presence changed that.
Together with the self-help groups, the community-based organization in Champakapara village in Kerala is on the path to sustainable development. This was not the case few years ago.
Long working hours in freezing conditions in the seafood-processing unit in Andhra Pradesh is now history for seventeen-year-old Aruna. Premamaya ADP works with more than 1500 girls who work in similar environment in the fish processing units and tobacco grading units.
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