"Nayantara" a Girl Child Sponsorship Programme

Sufia Khatoon* is a girl of around 16 years from remote Mahabatnagar village under Mathurapur II block in South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, India. She is living with her parents, Paternal Uncle & Aunt, One cousin sister and Grandmother in a small concrete house with two small rooms built under Govt. Housing Scheme for Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. Sufia studies in Class X at the local high school -‘Mahabatnagar Kailashpur Milan Siksha Sadan’.

Sufia’s father Sk. Sikander* lives away for livelihood as a daily wager. Her mother and aunt together look after the household core. With a meager amount of around INR 5000.00 that her father manages tie ran and also with her Uncle’s earning they sustain their family expenses with steep hardship.

Sufia joined the ‘Nayantara’ programme in the mid of 2017. Initially a timid and shy girl afraid of studying she is now consistently improving under the care and guidance provided through the programme. Earlier she was unwilling to attend classes and used to flee away from studies. She was very much afraid of the subjects taught specifically English and Mathematics.

Now by constant mobilisation efforts by Sabuj Sangha staffs of ‘Nayantara’ she is gradually improving in studies. She has now become regular in attending classes both in her school and at Nayantara Mahabatnagar Centre. Her interest and efforts to perform better has improved also.

She loves studying the subject Geography most. The information on the earth’s its creation, different countries all attracts her fascinatingly. She aspires to study higher education in this subject.

Sufia’s parents have high aspirations on her. They dreams to see her study intensely and be a successful person and self reliant at her own ability.

We are deeply idebted for your continued support to help Sufia and girls alike from deep remote villages of Sunderbans delta  in attaining their pursuit for being sucessful. 

* Name changed to protect identity of individuals