Home for 50 Challenged Girls in Bangalore, India

Dear Benefactor,

Greetings from Margadarshi!! Last quarter was the exam time for our students. All the 8 students did well. 3 of them passed with distinction and were Class Toppers, one of them is Sujatha, who obtained 87% in her 2nd PUC Exam. Sujatha hails from Madhuvanahalli, a small village in Karnataka, India.

She was born in 2002, as second child to Jagadeesh and Manjula and has 1 elder brother. Sujatha’s father Jagadeesh is also physically challenged and a daily wage labourer. Doctors identified the birth defect of Sujatha, while in her mother’s womb itself and advised abortion, but her parents refused and decided to go ahead with the firm decision that they would raise her, inspite of her disability. Sujatha was born with loco motor disability. Her parents tried to provide her the treatment to the best of their ability, but their financial constraint, prevented them providing her with any advanced medical treatment.

Margadarshi Team came to know about Sujatha, when she was studying 9th Standard, from her teachers, during their school visit. We spoke to the parents and explained in detail about the support we render to the people with disability and motivated them to enlist their daughter for the same. Sujatha gradually started participating in all the meetings/activities organised for students with disabilities. Sujatha passed 10th Standard with 83% of marks and came to our Residential Centre at Bangalore in 2017. She joined St. Anne's Pre-University College, in Commerce stream. Margadarshi supported her holistically and made her feel at home. Sujatha, though studied in non-English medium, was able to catch up with her studies, due to the extra tuition support we provided her with. She wanted to pass with Distinction in her 2nd PUC Exam and worked tirelessly day and night to achieve this goal. “Success is guaranteed if she works hard” she told herself. Despite the constraints that came with covid pandemic, she focussed on her studies and came out in flying colours- Class Topper, with Distinction and a Role Model to her fellow students. She has now joined Manasa College at Kollegal to pursue B.Com.

There is still a long way to go, with much more to accomplish. Sujatha says she is indebted to everyone for their full support for all her success. “I gratefully and humbly remember that every single benefactor who worked behind for the unfading smile on my face” she says.