Case Study

JAYANTI BABUBHAI PARMAR

Work  :  Rag Picking from street garbage

 

BEFORE

Because his father was drinking too much he become a T.B. patient and died at young age. His mother is mentally retired patient. Jayanti used to bring alcohol for his father and whatever little money he made he used for gamble at the age of 8. He used to take one bath a week and was very weak and unhealthy.
AFTER 

 

Continuously work on him he started attending school. He liked the love and attention; he was getting in our school. He started hearing how to read and write. He learned to stay clean and stop gambles. He still work as rag picker and helps his mother to feed the family. But he is very focused and has new direction and desire in his life. Now he shows other kids why and how to stay clean and healthy.

 

KAILASH RAMESHBHAI PARMAR

Work  :  Rag Picking from street garbage

BEFORE

The family migrated from the village in reach out of work and food. Extremely poor and malnutrzied. Kailash started to helping his family to earn the bread by rag picking on the street. He had quit school  when he was in 3rd grade in his village and had never joined school in the city.

AFTER

After talking to him and his parents several times Kailash started coming to school every evening. He still work during the afternoon and very eagerly come to school to learn more. He likes to study and want to be educated man when he grows up. He has changed for the good and his parents are very happy about it. 
KAMLESH TULSIBHAI PRAMAR

Kalmesh was born in 1985 to an Indian community known as 'Chambar,' a group that use to make a living by creating various articles from the skin of dead animals. Tusli, Kalmeshs' father, peddles a cycle rickshaw and earns 30-40 Rupees a day (less than US $1). His mother, Shantra, works as a rag picker, earning only 20-30 Rupees a day. Kalmesh resides with 3 brothers and 2 sisters in the Ramdevpar Na Tekra slum in Ahmedabad Gujarat, not far from the Gandhi Ashram.

Before his introduction to Manav Sadhna, Kalmesh's life and future direction were in question. Forced by his parents into rag picking at the age of 7, Kalmesh had limited and irregular schooling during his childhood. His father's alcohol addiction drained the family's meager wages, and often Kalmesh did not have food to eat. This; however, did not deter his unwilling drive to educate himself. After witnessing this, his mother realized her faults, and helped Kalmesh to return to a normal school life. He was admitted to a Municipal School in 5th Grade. It was here at this new environment that Kamesh was introduced to Manav Sadhna and his life begin a transition.

Currently, in 2000, Kalmesh is in 7th standard, and has completely stopped rag picking. Not only has he been first in his class the last two years, but he has begun spending afternoons at the Ashram making greeting cards. No longer is he exposed to the hot Indian sun, the dirt and smell, and the foul language associated with the rag picking community. "I have started a new life here. I have learnt the importance of cleanliness and introduced it in my daily life. I want to be a good human being and study a lot, till college."

 
KAMLESH TULSIBHAI PRAMAR

     Currently, Upendra is 15 years of age, and studies in 10th Standard. He comes from a family of seven and lives in the slums nearby to Gandhi Ashram. His father, Kishan, works as a part time mason, earning 1500 rupees monthly ($40 US Dollars), and is addicted to tobacco. Upendra's mother, Pan, is a housewife; furthermore, she is illiterate. Upendra is the youngest. In total the family earns a monthly income of about 5500 rupees, ($140 Dollars).

     Before his introduction to Manav Sadhna, Kalmesh's life and future direction were in question. Forced by his parents into rag picking at the age of 7, Kalmesh had limited and irregular schooling during his childhood. His father's alcohol addiction drained the family's meager wages, and often Kalmesh did not have food to eat. This; however, did not deter his unwilling drive to educate himself. After witnessing this, his mother realized her faults, and helped Kalmesh to return to a normal school life. He was admitted to a Municipal School in 5th Grade. It was here at this new environment that Kamesh was introduced to Manav Sadhna and his life begin a transition.

      Currently, in 2000, Kalmesh is in 7th standard, and has completely stopped rag picking. Not only has he been first in his class the last two years, but he has begun spending afternoons at the Ashram making greeting cards. No longer is he exposed to the hot Indian sun, the dirt and smell, and the foul language associated with the rag picking community. "I have started a new life here. I have learnt the importance of cleanliness and introduced it in my daily life. I want to be a good human being and study a lot, till college."
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