Thursday, September 3, 2009

Hetal Barot



Age: 14
Address: Old Vadaj Slum

“I want people to know that if you study hard, and work hard, then you can be something!”
This is Hetal, she is a passionate young lady and freely offers her thoughts to us.She says that she wants the world to know that girls can also do what boys can . She wants to be a Professional Singer when she grows up and wants this mostly so that she can help support her family and make them proud. She sits like a lady and tells us that she doesn’t really go out to play, but sometimes has fun with her brothers and sister around the house. Her father works as a ‘Choutuk’ (a handyman, when there is work available) and her mother is a housewife, and their income is anything but reliable. She and her 3 brothers and sisters live with their Parents in a small slum dwelling and, with thanks to their involvement in Earn N’ Learn, Hetal attends a Local Private High school where she works determinedly on her studies. She is the most confident of her family members, singing and dancing around the place almost constantly. She loves to come to Manav Sadhna each day and says it’s because Earn N’ Learn offers her everything, an opportunity to work to support her family, a time to play with her friends and a time to learn craft making and get some extra tuition.

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