The declaration of results of the class 10th and 12th examinations by the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has bought much joy among the student clan who burned the midnight oil to achieve prestigious scores and secure a bright future for themselves. Amongst, lakhs of students who appeared for the exams only 70.06% of class 12th and 80.07% of class 10th were able to go through the career shaper exams. The declaration of the results has bought joy to the Indian Dreams Foundation as well as our ‘Gemstones’ that is the girls being sponsored under the ‘Honhar Ladki Program(HLP)’, have demonstrated a remarkable performance.
The girls despite facing several odds such as extreme poverty and lack of family support continued their hard work and have become the perfect example of girls who have broken the confinement of the walls buildup for them by their community. According to the girls” The credit of our success goes to Indian Dreams Foundation, whose project ‘Honhar Ladki’ has made us achieve formal education”. Honhar Ladki Program is one of the outbreaking projects of the organisation aiming at education sponsorship and mentoring of the poor girls residing in the slums of Agra.
To achieve gender equality in these backward communities. The program started in 2011 with the sponsorship of only five girls and has made rapid Progress. So far, more than 700 girls have been sponsored. The program targets school dropout and poor girls from the marginalised communities through systematic surveys and after the successful enrollment of the girls adopted a multifaceted approach to ensure active learning and desired outcomes. The continuous support and motivation by the team IDF have made several girls overcome their limitations and display a remarkable performance in the board exams.
The girls despite facing several odds such as extreme poverty and lack of family support continued their hard work and have become the perfect example of girls who have broken the confinement of the walls buildup for them by their community. According to the girls” The credit of our success goes to Indian Dreams Foundation, whose project ‘Honhar Ladki’ has made us achieve formal education”. Honhar Ladki Program is one of the outbreaking projects of the organisation aiming at education sponsorship and mentoring of the poor girls residing in the slums of Agra.
To achieve gender equality in these backward communities. The program started in 2011 with the sponsorship of only five girls and has made rapid Progress. So far, more than 700 girls have been sponsored. The program targets school dropout and poor girls from the marginalised communities through systematic surveys and after the successful enrollment of the girls adopted a multifaceted approach to ensure active learning and desired outcomes. The continuous support and motivation by the team IDF have made several girls overcome their limitations and display a remarkable performance in the board exams.
Among our gemstones are girls like Heer, who is a 15 years old Muslim girl, daughter of wage labour who has secured 80% marks in the class 10thexaminations, despite facing several cultural taboos, which make it difficult for her to leave her house premises to study.
Our other Gemstone is Monika, who is a 16 years old Balmiki girl, daughter of a rag picker. For her, going to school was a distant dream. IDF identified her as a girl with an immense potential, who has the power to dream. So, her education is being sponsored for the last five years under Honhar Ladki Program. Team IDF’s efforts and Monica’s hard work paid off today as she has managed to pass out class 10th successfully with 74.16%. Our other star performer is Gungun a cheerful girl, who lost her childhood due to the pathetic living conditions, she was subjected to.
Gungun is a 16-year-old daughter of an alcoholic father and belongs to the Muslim community. Considering the adverse economic circumstance of her mother Gungun along with her sister Lucky is being sponsored under HLP for five years. Both the girls have managed to clear the board exams this year with good marks. To witness Gungun and Lucky securing the exams with 67.5% and 66.5% respectively is indeed gratifying for their mother who wants her daughters to lead a prestigious life. One of the significant milestones of our achievement is to witness the success of Sanjana, a 17 years old, SC girl who has carefully escaped child marriage along with her sister. Her father is an alcoholic and a continuous perpetrator.
To make Sanjana and her sister achieve their dreams, team IDF had to put tremendous efforts by providing extensive counselling to Sanjana’s father to make him drop the idea of getting his daughters married and to allow them to continue with their education. Both Sanjana and her sister are highly determined individuals and have a will to achieve success in their lives, so they put in considerable efforts in their studies and managed to clear class 12th with good scores. Sanjana has passed class 12th this year with 54.2% marks and has become an epitome of change in her community. Some of our other gemstones like Priyanka, Komal and Sangeeta of the SC community have faired well with 56.66%, 62.5% and 61.20% respectively.
However, for team IDF it is just the beginning of the journey to achieve 100% literacy among the underprivileged girls residing in the Urban slums, as our organisation strongly believes that education is a passport to a bright future and a more glorious life.
Blog Writer:- Lynda Chalkar
A self-proclaimed humorist who gets easily intrigued by creativity, art and nature. I have a passion for social change and I am happiest when writing, communicating and supporting a cause that affects people’s lives positively.