Village girls chasing their dreams!!

On May 8 when 100% literacy in 100 days mission was launched in the village "Bakaram Jagir" there were several big people at the ceremony. Its been over one and half month none of them are in sight. So literally the mission was left to a bunch of few girls from the village who volunteered to teach the illiterates. Many of them have not even passed 10th grade. A few have either completed 12th or pursuing graduation. Some of them are house wives and have children too. Many of the girls also work elsewhere. Each volunteer planned to teach at least 5 illiterates.

These poor volunteer girls are not trained and on top of it there are no teaching facilities. To add to their woes the illiterates are least interested in learning and at the same time they are twice the age of the teaching volunteers. The teaching time chosen by them is 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm, as many of the illiterates work during day time, and the classroom is right under the street lights. If teaching is one challenge, then dragging the illiterates from their houses to the center of teaching is a bigger challenge. In addition to that the teaching time of 7.30 to 8.30 is a peak time for Telugu TV serials and all the villagers are addicted to it, and again immediately after the program is toddy time for many. If some illiterates do not cooperate with the volunteers and some taunt them, many illiterates chase these volunteers away.

In spite of all these hardships these young volunteers are still determined to impart training to all the illiterates and make their village the first village to achieve 100% literacy in the state of Telangana. Lets hope that these village girls really succeed in their goal and create a model for others to emulate. Good Luck girls!!!