{"id":2518,"date":"2017-07-19T11:36:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T11:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educategirls.ngo\/blog\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:32:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:02:38","slug":"team-balika-my-stepping-stone-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educategirls.ngo\/blog\/team-balika-my-stepping-stone-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Balika- My Stepping Stone To Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Class 12 alumna, Inder came from a poor family, for whom even a basic earning that could buy food for two was difficult once. However, today at the age of 20, he earns a healthy income and has the convenience of a vehicle provided by his company. He works at a residential school for the handicapped as a caretaker. Inder Kumar\u2019s parents are very pleased with his progress and what he does for a living today.<\/p>\n

In 2011, when Inder was studying in Class 9, his teacher sent him with an Educate Girls<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 Field Coordinator to direct him to some out-of-school girls\u2019 residences. Since that day Inder\u00a0has been inspired by\u00a0Educate Girls and in 2013, he was chosen as the Team Balika (community volunteer) for his village.<\/p>\n

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Inder has helped enroll as many as 20 girls in his village in the local school as well as Kasturba Gandhi Bal Vidyalaya (free government run residential schools for girls<\/em>). He also helped some handicapped children receive allowance and other benefits offered under various Government schemes.<\/p>\n

These activities gave Inder\u2019s life a new direction. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan* gave him the opportunity to work as a caretaker at a camp for handicapped children for three months. After having worked as Team Balika for close to 3 years, he now works full-time as a caretaker at a school for the handicapped by the Rajasthan Grameen Vikas Sanstha (a Government of Rajasthan wing for village welfare).<\/p>\n

Inder shares, \u201cI give all credit for who I am today to Educate Girls. Had I not been a Team Balika, I would have been just another laborer at the village, doing odd jobs. But today I am here, making a difference to others’ lives as well as my own.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Many young men and women in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh like Inder have been able to secure jobs using their experience and learning as Team Balika as a stepping stone. We couldn’t be happier for them!<\/p>\n

*Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is Government of India’s flagship programme for achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14 years age group, a Fundamental Right.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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