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Story of Anitha ...
Life
of cruelty never seemed to end for Anitha,
a 6-year old girl from Mysore. A sense of
abandonment crept in after her father’s death.
She did not like to go for begging, which her
mother living on street forced her to do.
She would ruefully watch other children who were
clad in good clothes, playing, studying and
having good times. One day as she was begging
near the bus stand, the staff spotted her and
brought her to the shelter after talking to her
and her mother. Once in the shelter, she was put
under nutritious food treatment and given health
care, love and counselling. Slowly she gained
her normal weight, and smile reappeared on her
face. Other children now enjoy her company. With
school bag slinging on her shoulder, off she
goes to school every day to study 1st
standard.
"Names changed to protect
identity"
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Raju's Story...When
Raju's mother died of illness, his father remarried.
Raju was 10 years old then. His father was not too
kind. He forced Raju to work in the field, and
abused him for silly reasons. His step mother did
not care about him a bit. Fed up with this, Raju ran
away from home and landed in remand home in Chennai.
Later, he came to Mysore and, with doing tricks with
monkey, he survived on the alms he got. When he came
to Asha Kirana, initially he was rude to others, and
had few bad habits. The staff gave him sustained
counselling and non-formal education. Gradually, he
became more cooperative and friendly with other
children. With staffs’ support, he appeared for 7th
standard exam
privately
and passed, and later, joined the regular school.
After successfully completing his 10th
standard, he is happily studying 1st
P.U.C.
"Names changed to protect
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