Sunita Kerketta is happy and satisfied that she can read English alphabets and even read sentences and write them.A few months back, the eight-year-old Sunita used to struggle hard to learn her subjects in her third standard.

Caritas India supported Jeevan Jyoti Social Service Centre through its Micro Project to initiate the evening classes for the weaker students in Budapahar village in Bolba block bordering Odisha State.

Sunita joined these classes and quickly picked up English learning with the support of dedicated teachers and peers.  The new empowerment of having been able to read English letters and sentences makes her grateful to the centre for such noble work for which she has been a direct beneficiary.

It is indeed difficult for children going to schools hailing from poor tribal families whose parents are uneducated and eke out a living from agriculture day and day out. The girls of her age are often engaged in household works in helping the parents when they are at home.

As any other girl in the rural villages as there is a lack of role model and lack of basic amenities that support education, for example, no electricity at all. Sunita has found interest in education and doing very well in studies in her school. She dreams of studying in higher classes and aspires to become a successful person in the future. Kudos to her dreams and we wish for the future endeavor to this little girl of Priapondch in the distant land of Simdega Jharkhand.

Through the micro project of Caritas India “Socio-economic Development of tribal women, children, and youth” for a period of 3-4 months a remarkable change has been experienced. One of the stark differences in attitudinal improvement has been among the girls who have been supported with additional evening support class intended to improve their learning abilities. A total of 200 children are being supported through 10 centres in Jharkhand.