UTHAAN
Child Development Project
A Ministry to Northeast India's Poor, Marginalized, Vulnerable, Underprivileged and Abused Children
N.C.F. Compound, Nongrimbah Road, Laitumkhrah, Shillong-793003, Meghalaya, INDIA
BASHANTI CHHETRY:
Child’s location: Umphrew, Shillong, Meghalaya India
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Date of Birth: 12/01/2006 Age:7 School Level: LKG Gender : F
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Family Background: Orphan
Her favorite subject in school - Rhymes
Her personality traits - Smart, neat and tidy
Her special abilities and talents- She is good in drawing
Her aim in life - Nurse
Bashanti was born in a tiny village called Umphrew (Meghalaya, India). She is the only girl in UTHAAN Centre whose father is unknown. Bashanti has neither seen her mother nor her father. She was just one year old when her mother abandoned her and left her with her grandmother. When her grandmother passed away she was taken care of by her eldest aunt who herself is a widow. Bashanti surname was altered to Chettry when under her aunt’s care.
The widowed aunt of this little girl is a farmer by profession. She managed her livelihood through farming and rearing a few cows. Bashanti was raised with cow’s milk for her physical growth and strength. Her aunt would milk the cows and sell it to the people in and around her village. Bashanti was deprived of schooling as her aunt had to look after her own children and pay for their schooling. It was all the more difficult for her to feed Basanti let alone afford her schooling. Moreover, the school was about six to seven kilometers away from their remote village.
One day her aunt came to UTHAAN Child Development Centre and requested the Project Coordinator to accept Bashanti and enrole her at the centre. Therefore, before enrolling her at the centre the Project Coordinator went to their village to meet her and observe their conditions. Finally, seeing the truth about the needs of this little girl our ministry registered her name. She’s been with UTHAAN for the past 3 yrs and is enjoying with new friends, having enough to eat, clothes to wear. Also, she is doing well academically too.
We came to know about Basanti a year back and decided to sponsor her. Doing so we now have a daughter thousands of miles away. We hope to meet her when we go to India. In the meantime, UTHAAN regularly provides us updates on her progress both physical and academic including photos :)
We may not be able to help all children in need, but by holding the hand of one and encouraging others to do the same, we hope to light up the lives of children who without our support would go lost in the darkness.
For there is nothing to lose but a lot more to gain... 'BE A SPONSOR'
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