Ramjanam is nine years old and comes from Silpalpur on the outskirts of Patna, India. His parents are illiterate landless labourers. He has three sisters and one brother. His parents find it difficult to support the large family as they live well below the poverty line. The photograph below is that of the family of Ramajanam with their straw hut in the background.

Ramjanam joined the school run by Shoshit Seva Sangh in 2007 and he is now in class III. He is working hard, and your donations allow Ramjanam to continue his education for another year! Thanks goes out to Diane, Kristin, Lata, George, Satish, Faustino, Lauren and Rosanne for supporting his education and Subeer for supporting his clothing and medical care for the next year!

Dear Robert,

Thanks to previous support from SeeYourImpact donors, Ajay’s tuition was sponsored for a full year. Now, thanks to your donation, he will have proper clothing and medical care for the next academic year!

Ajay is 8 years old and comes from a Musahar Ghetto in a village called Khhori in Bihar, India. Both his parents are illiterate and landless agricultural labourers. They get seasonal employment and live much below the poverty line. His prematurely aging parents can hardly afford a decent life for themselves and their six children. Ajay however can now look forward to a transformed and bright future. He was admitted to Shoshit Samadhan Kendra, a school for Musahar children run by Shoshit Seva Sangh in December 2007 and is presently in class II.

Sikandar in his uniform at school

Sikandar with his grandmother and younger brother

Dear Poonam,

Eight year old Sikandar comes from a remote village in one of the backward districts of Bihar. His father works as a day laborer, and his mother died few years ago. He has an elder brother who, like his father, is illiterate and is also a day laborer. He has two brothers and one sister. In his village there is no school as it is in an inaccessible area. To be in a proper school is an opportunity neither Sikandar nor his father could ever dream of. His younger brother, Inder Sada, is also enrolled at the school run by SSS.

A bright future beckons him provided he continues to work hard and grabs the opportunity ahead of him!

Dear Poonam,

This past summer, we met Ramesh with a generously donated full year of tuition. With your donation, Ramesh now has the clothes and care he needs to do well in school. He can focus on school without worrying about illness–he will be covered and clothed for a year. Thank you again, Poonam, for providing the good gift of health!

Vikas with his parents - Their hut in the background

Vikash is 9 years old and both his parents, Mahendra and Rita, are illiterate landless laborers living about 50 kilometers from Patna, India. Vikash has one brother and one sister, both younger than him.

Vikash joined the Shoshit Samadhan Kendra school, a fully free English medium residential school  in 2009 in pre-school class and has shown great promise in his studies. In the final exams in the pre-school class he averaged 95%, scoring 97% in English, 89% in Hindi and 96% in Maths. Vikash is now in class I and at this tender age he has shown a remarkable disposition for studies. Though he has a long road to travel, he certainly deserves the opportunity that he has been given to excel in life.

Thank you Brian and Pradeep (11 months!) for supporting his tuition, and Callan for making sure he has clothing and medical care for the next year!

Rohan with his father

Rohan Kumar, an eight year old boy, is the son of Inder and Tijiya, both illiterate labourers who live in a ghetto in the outskirts of Patna, a city in India. This ghetto is inhabited only by members of the musahar community. Rohan has one brother and three sisters. Rohan’s parents have a meagre income and live well below the poverty line.

Rohan did not have access to education and without the intervention of Shoshit Seva Sangh he would likely have remained in this ghetto like his parents. Rohan joined the school in 2009 in the pre-school class and is now in class I. He is a keen students and now that he has access to quality education, life for him is full of hope and prospects of transformational change not only for himself but also for his near and dear ones.

In the final exams of pre-school class Rohan averaged 88%,  scoring 90% in English, 87% in Hindi and 86% in Maths. Rohan currently is in class I and is doing extremely well. He can now look forward to a bright future thanks to Salil and Ehtasham!