Pankaj is excelling in Math and Science!

Eleven year old  Pankaj comes from a musahar ghetto known as Maharaja-Pali Toli, located in Patna district.  The hut he shares with his mother can be seen in the background in the photograph above. His father was killed tragically a few years ago and his mother now works as a landless laborer. Landless laborer’s in Patna generally  receive a daily wage of Rs. 25 (approximately 50 cents) during the working season, which only lasts about 6 to 8 months in a year.

The social-economic situation in Bihar being what it is, Pankaj could never even have dreamt of getting a good education, much less one in where English is the medium of instruction.

Pankaj is now in Class V and has been at Shoshit Samadhan Kendra, the free English medium school for boys, for over two years. Pankaj is doing extremely well in class V and in the mid term exam he averaged 75% across English, Hindi, Maths, Science and Social Studies.

Your donations, Kandace, Dennis, Leo, Rick and Beth, Adam, Akiko, Anil, David (x 2), Howard, James and Praveen, of a month of tuition each, will ensure that Pankaj gets a level playing field to compete with the best and work towards ensuring a future which he or his parents could never have dreamt of.

Thank you, Kandace, Dennis, Leo, Rick and Beth, Adam, Akiko, Anil, David (x 2), Howard, James and Praveen.