First – reference materials help her learn.  Then, she gets a scholarship.  Now, she is a student at Kafukule secondary school. Harriet Chenembu is her name.  Born in a family of six children, with only one being a boy, Harriet is very proud to be on JMV scholarship and sees her journey into becoming a nurse so promising. This best friend of Gloria Masina hails from Tundula village and did her primary school at Lingadzi before being selected to Kafukule secondary school. She is shy...
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The maternal health program being implemented under the Join My Village project in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh is still in its initial stages but the change it aims to bring about has already begun to show itself. Here are some of the success stories straight from the field that indicate that the seeds of knowledge have been sown. TALE OF TRIUMPHTwenty-seven year old Devki, a resident of Pure Bhagai village in Ramnagar block, is married to 30-year-old Jaswant. Devki has a 3-year-old daughter and...
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When I grow up I want to be a lawyer, a doctor, a pilot, a teacher and the list goes on and on. This is what most of us have come across during our childhood but very few have lived their dreams. The reasons for not realizing our own dreams are best known to us, but for some it might either be the lack of influence from their mentors, the ambition to try new things or the environment that surrounded them. Whatever the reason, we...
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The beginning of a new session, India’s Independence Day and the holy month of Ramdan – there is a lot to celebrate here at Udaan in the Mewat district of the state of Haryana. Mewat has one of the most dismal figures in the country as far as female literacy is concerned. But as I join the celebrations with the girls here, I cannot help but feel great hope and even joy at the way things are shaping up. The first session of Udaan faced...
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It is 7:30 in the morning and just 1 hour 30 minutes into the sunrise. The soil is dry and the skies are just as clear as if no clouds will one day gather to soak it and bring green to the ground. It is that time of the year when people take time off their busy schedule of farm work and visit family and friends and it is also this time of the year when men gather in trading centres to share jokes and...
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