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From daily wage earner to community WASH promoter
“Due to my work hours and schedule, my life was limited to just the factory and then home. I did not even know who my neighbour was, I barely interacted with anybody. Now, my work entails constantly dealing with people, which has helped me improve my inter-personal skills greatly and I have learnt how to interact with the community”, said the eager and energetic Bylahanumakka (or Byla).
“The structures were constructed in July 2019, and in only a few months, the strength of the school has gone up to 27 students.
“We want to bring about a change in the society, and the first place to start with is our school”, Chandrasekhar, the Food Minister of his school cabinet, said matter-of-factly.
They say the proof of a pudding is in its eating. But sometimes, the proof of the pudding is when others want to not just taste it, but try the recipe themselves.
All the adolescent girls in the Rajagopalapuram Zila Parishad High School know the way to Gyaneshwari’s—one of their schoolmate’s—house. It is a route they were used to taking regularly, every month—when they were on their menstrual cycle.
A religious small town known for its natural springs with no origins, Thenari, is located at Pollachi road, around 15 kilometers from Palakkad District. People in Thenari usually indulge in an agricultural occupation.
Little Chenchu is not comfortable talking to strangers. But ask him about the time he fell on the road while going to the toilet in school and he immediately points towards his right knee.
Twenty-three-year-old Bharathi was busy running after her five-year-old son when we met her at her home in the Rajagopalapuram village. Her hair was tied up in a bun, revealing her bare neck.
Kachanalli is a semi-urban (or developed?) village close to the highway and the numerous industries that have come up nearby. People here largely work in the factories as daily wage workers or employees.
Prime Minister S. Murali has a quiet demeanour. Amid several loud voices of the health, education, sports and other ministers of his cabinet, he doesn’t lose his focus.
Baradipalya is a hamlet/habitat village with 45 households and situated 12-15km from the town of Nelamangala. Situated a little in the interiors, there are no transportation facilities available in the village.