Kavita
Firozabad, UP

Singing new “Kavita” of learning

Kavita has a family of six members and they belong to Lucknow. Kavita’s father has been living in Delhi since 8 years. In Delhi, his father works as a vegetable vendor but now he has started working as a labour. Kavita’s mother is a housewife. Her father could somehow was arranging fees for school for his all four children but couldn’t afford the tuition fees. Apparently someone told Kavita’s mother about the rise centre and told her that the studies are for free. So the other day Kavita’s mother come to the rise centre to seek information and after that decided to send her children to RISE centres. The parents are quite happy that children are doing well in centre. The children are quite interactive, obedient and punctual about the timings. Kavita is a hardworking girl. It turns out all she needed was a little extra help in understanding class subjects she had not understood and the teachers in her school had no time to explain to her. The exposure visits and interactive activities in RISE brought out the innate curiosity and habit of learning she had within her. She enthusiastically participates in everything now. She completes her homework punctually, and asks the tutors her queries and problems. She loves going on Exposure Visits and comes back full of stories and facts. Kavita is doing well also because she can now study at home. After participating in the parents meeting and workshops, her parents understand the benefits of education which they did not earlier because they are not literate themselves. Now her parents make sure she has enough free time from chores to do her homework and study her lessons.

Very importantly Kavita’s parents also feel like they are part of their daughter's life and progress and are proud of their daughter's accomplishments and say, “ Kavita is singing new “kavita” of learning in her life and we thank RISE for this.”

Mrs Idamon Swer
awarded as “Outstanding Farmer” by government of Meghalaya

Mrs Idamon Swer, Umtyngngar, Laitkroh is one of our star beneficiary of skill development and livelihood interventions being executed under Holistic Rural Development Project in the interior most villages of Meghalaya. Under the intervention, Mrs Swer was trained for demand driven business of poultry. Trained by experts of AROH for not only rearing of chicks, but also for market linkages and maintaining balance sheet, Mrs Swer is now earning around Rs 50,000 p.a. from her poultry intervention. For her ease, she was also provided by solar mini light, so that during dark, she can keep an eye on her chicks. For her exceptional business initiative, she was also awarded OUTSTANDING FARMER from A.H. & Veterinary Department, Sohra Sub Division, Shora, Meghalaya.

In her own words, she says, “it all started with baby steps, I was determined to use the opportunity given my AROH Foundation, when they provided me with 40 chicks & solar light. Along with expert’s training and my hard work, this has become one of the major sources of income for me. Thanks to team AROH for all support, now I intend to grow more as an entrepreneur.”

Rekha
Livelihood from mushroom cultivation

Ms Rekha, 45 years,member of Ganga SHG, Behatrai village,Bilaspur district says, “ it’s been an year since we are doing mushroom cultivation in the village and we have seen that with very minimal labour and input cost, this business is giving us higher profits. Team from AROH has been guiding us at every step from procurement, to cultivation to finally selling it. We have developed an SHG called Ganga which reuses the money generated for the betterment of women. We as women now feel secure and confident about life now.”