Dream’s Begin…

12-year old Shogna and 10-years old Aneeta are sisters and living in Village sharif Abad, Their  father  died and Their  mother  married with their uncle. They belong with Kohli Community. Kohli Community is lower community in Hindu’s it is neglected and depressed Community in subcontinent. They belong with Darwar family, Hundreds of years they are far from education, Majority of their villages have no schools. During the 2015 HAPE Development and welfare Association opened School with support of Government of sindh & Sindh Education Foundation in Village Sharif Abad. Shogna & Aneeta, nor Their  siblings, had ever been to school.

Living in a simple house in an isolated and canal area, Shogna & Aneeta family has always struggled to make ends meet. Their  Guardant works on small patch of land to grow different Crops for themselves or often labours on Their s’ fields to earn some money. They have always had to lend a hand towards household chores and increasingly take over their mother ’s share of work every time their mother  was weak. Sibling care, going to collect grass for their cattle, grinding maize, cooking, cleaning, fetching water and much more were Shogna & Aneeta normal routine, and school was never a part of that.

When HAPE Team Raimal (community volunteer) visited Their  home, Shogna & Aneeta mother confessed, “Shogna & Aneeta along the difficult terrain and time spent at school will mean a huge loss of help at home for me. Their 3 younger brothers help on the fields when possible but no one can expect boys to do the house work. Men don’t do these things. I do know that some girls are going to school in the village. But what’s the point? Girls have to eventually end up at home after marriage. Look at my situation. Why waste Shogna & Aneeta time at a school? And who else will help me? Are you going to provide for our needs?”

Team, continued to visit Shogna & Aneeta family to convince them about the benefits of education, not just for Shogna & Aneeta, but for all their children. Shogna & Aneeta grandmother agreed to sent both in school She was willing to accept that perhaps it was time that girls got more access to education and freedom, unlike in Their  generation. Raimal Shogna & Aneeta and encouraged There that they had a right to go to school. Although, Shogna & Aneeta mother  didn’t whole-heartedly agree, thankfully, after Their  husband and mother -in-law gave their consent, Shogna & Aneeta were enrolled in Grade 1 in December 2016. Their siblings followed soon after.

“If girls could walk long distances to cut wood from trees then why couldn’t they walk to school? It was time to cut down the roots of wrong mindsets. I was always told that going to school didn’t matter, especially for girls as their education wouldn’t be of any use to their parents. Now, I know better. I am in school and I want to study further. I want to carve a different future for myself. I have places to go and things to do, and getting an education is the only way.” says Anita.

After Four Years Aneeta win Scholarship from IBA for Public School Hyderabad. She got First Position in Hole Taluka/Tehsil Matli. Now she is continuing studying in Public school Hyderabad in Six Class