Sneha, first-generation learner

Sneha is the youngest in a family of three children. Her father does electrical work and her mother works as a domestic maid. Both her older brothers dropped out of school, and all the hopes of her parents is not pinned on her. They are determined to do everything that they can do to ensure that Sneha gets a good education and secures a good job.

A girl from Sneha’s background could not, normally, have dreamt of a good education, but she is a part of the Educational Outreach Center of Ashraya Initiative, which provides her all the support she needs, including uniforms, adequate nutrition and supplementary tuition. Sneha is currently in the 8th grade, and looks forward to starting the 9^th grade in June. Sneha arrives at the Education Outreach Centre early in the morning, and eats a fresh, nutritious meal before settling in for studies, as well as a filling mid-morning snack. After two hours of intensive tutoring, she leaves for school (her school timing is in the afternoon) with a packed lunchbox in hand, also provided by the AIC Education Program.

Your donations, Tahira (x2), Gauthier, Ray and Lael (x2), Rajeev, Pradeep, Peter, Perter and Kim, Susan (x3), will ensure that Sneha is provided nutrition (breakfast, mid-morning snack and packed lunch), for an entire year. Sneha’s parents are grateful for the meals their daughter eats at the AIC Education Centre, since her father can not always find work and her mother’s low salary as a maid is not nearly enough to provide for the whole family.

Thank you, Tahira (x2), Gauthier, Ray and Lael (x2), Rajeev, Pradeep, Peter, Perter and Kim, Susan, for ensuring that Sneha doesn’t have to go hungry while she works towards becoming the first member of her family to finish high school.