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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you
Bhavana P, 19 years old, was born and brought up in Bangalore. Her father works in a small office, and her mother is a housewife. The father, being the only breadwinner in the family, was not able to provide everything for his family. Bhavana’s family struggled to lead a life with an individual...
The change in Prasad’s life
Prasad is 20 years old. He was born and brought up in Bangalore. He comes from a poor family background. His father works as a plumber, and his mother is a seamstress. He has one younger brother and one sister, who are both pursuing their education. Prasad's parents found it difficult to provide...
Asha fights all the odds to support her family
Asha V, 21 years old, a student at Pratishtha, a skill training centre of Reaching Hand. Her father, Venkatesh, worked as a construction laborer, and her mother, Tulasi, was a housewife. She has a younger brother. They found it challenging to provide for the family with one person’s salary. After...
Young Boy Faces Bright Future after the Intervention from Reaching Hand
Tanu was six years old when he was welcomed into New Home in February of 2014. In those first six years of life, he already experienced more trauma than some do in a lifetime. He had suffered a great deal when his mother was electrocuted by her second husband, all while she was holding 4-year-old...
From illiteracy to multilingualism: How Reaching Hand helped Bhavana reach her academic dreams!
Bhavana’s story is very unique. After the death of her parents, she was taken in by a woman the family knew in Bangalore. Instead of sending her to school, she was kept at home as a servant. CWC was able to bring her to New Home (where her younger sister already lived) when she was 13 years old....
How Tomba found hope through “New Home”
Tomba, who is from Manipur, was brought to New Home by an uncle at the age of 6. He had lost his father very young, and he was in the care of his aged Grandfather. Poverty at home prevented him from getting a proper education and basic necessities. On reaching New Home he was admitted to St...
‘Namma Shale’ Gifts Scholarship and Laptop to Government School topper
When you meet Bharathi C for the first time, she comes across as a shy little girl who takes time to speak to new people but still makes a brave effort to communicate. She comes from a poor but educated family in Bangalore. We were genuinely surprised to hear that despite her father being only a...
Single mother excels training; starts new WFH stitching business
Meet Ms. Babitha, a single mother to a 15-year-old little girl. She works as a house help to educate her daughter studying in the 10th grade. After work, Babitha visits the Pratishtha skills training center of ReachingHand, where she has recently enrolled herself in a course to learn how to...
PU Dropout Receives IT Training, Placements for Free
Meet 22-year-old Kiran K, a student at Pratishtha - a skills training center of Reaching Hand. Kiran dropped out of his PU college when his father passed away several years ago, taking on the responsibility of providing for his 3 younger brothers in the 2nd, 5th, and 7th grades. He did several odd...
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