Me and my
brother was orphaned at a very young age. Our maternal uncle and grandmother
started to take care of us. The family’s livelihood was mainly dependent upon
cutting leather strap which brought home a meager income. As income was low,
and mouths to feed were many, we had no other option but to join the others in
the leather strap work. The most tough part of the job was having food after
the day’s hard work.
The foul smell of leather would remain the whole day and
make us nauseous. In that world of pain and drudgery, education never featured
in our list of priorities.
However my
story would have been just another story of child labour & deprivation of
education until CINI intervened and came to our rescue. CINI helped me & my brother get admission to
schools and start our education. My brother got his admission in Ambedkar
School and I got through VIP Nagar High School. Our joy knew no bounds. CINI
did not stop there. The members stepped in to guide us through our journey of
education. We regularly attend their Coaching center at VIP Masjid. Now I can
proudly say that my brother is in Class 5 & I’m a student of Class 4.
I heartily
thank CINI for being a consistent support to us. It has reduced our working
hours in the leather strap cutting job and helped us in concentrating in our
studies. We can put more time in studying.
However it
is just the foundation stone of CINI. It has a long way to go. It aims higher
to completely dissociate the students from the job and streamline their
attention to academics.
M. Khatoon
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