By Jignesh Christi | Project Leader
Dear well-wishers,
Greetings from Gram Vikas Trust!
While talking about the development has been done in the recent years, we forgot to look in the rural India. The village where the real Indian people are still living under developed or not even on the developing stage. Whereas the education level and the mindset of the people are still not allowing the people to come out from the rigid system. Most of the families in the rural areas are still not able to think about the future of them and their children.
If we talk about Gujarat, and especially about Bharuch and Narmada districts, many villages are still thinking about higher education for girls is not worthy. Still the parents arrange marriages of their young girls in the very early age, and the routine remains continue. And problems like divorce, bad habits, parenting and other social problems remain as it is. Organization like Gram Vikas Trust (GVT), working in this areas since longer time is not only believes in providing the materials for education but focuses on how the parents/society can change the mindset and understand the important of education.
In this report, Reshma’s (name changed) story need to be highlighted. As Reshma has suffered a lot for getting education outside of her village. Reshma’s father is alcoholic and working as laborer in village’s fields, whereas her mother is also alcoholic, and help in household work. Reshma has three elder siblings and they have not studied after 8th class. Reshma was bright in studies and wanted to study further after completing 8 standard in her village. But her parents were not agreed for this. Reshma’s friend was also wanted to study further but she was also facing the same problem like Reshma. Both the girls tried hard for the higher education. Both the girls contacted their principal of the village school, and he motivated both the parents for girls’ education. Somehow both the parents agreed for the higher education.
Reshma in the young age has decided to make some changes in her village, and she have started a small tuition class for the 1 to 8 class children at free of cost after school hours. GVT helped Reshma for settling up a small library and also helped both the girls for their school related materials. “My father has not able to study, even my mother which reflects in our upbringing and many other examples in my village. But I will help my sisters to get education, which may help them to think different.” Shared by Reshma with GVT’s officer.
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