Success Stories
Young Neha comes from an underprivileged background and studies in Class VIII in a Government school. While She was very enthusiastic and active in extracurricular activities, She was struggling in academics, particularly English. An attention deficit problem further added to her lack of grasp and her teachers gave up on her as a dull student. Lack of self-confidence turned her into an introvert and She avoided interacting with her peers.
Post Bring Smile’s intervention, our teachers spent a lot of time with hem and built up her confidence. We encouraged her to interact more with her fellow classmates and make new friends. Leveraging her interest in extracurricular activities, our teachers increased her participation in painting and music. This helped in developing her learning abilities.
Neha soon started responding to our intervention. She is now more vocal about her academic problems and also has made new friends. She now looks forward to studies and is more responsive in class. Her parents, as well as teachers, are pleasantly surprised at the change and we all are confident that she will turn into a bright student in the coming months.
“I always saw children going to schools and speaking and doing everything so confidently, Thank You Bring Smile for making me confident and bright!”
*Please note we have changed Neha’s name and photo to protect her identity.
Story of Neha
Manager
Meet Razia, a home-maker from Okhla Jhuggi, Delhi, never thought life would give her another chance. She was living a normal life, with a meager income of Rs 7,000-8,000, the chances to break free from the monotony seemed bleak.
Back in her school days when she was in class 8, she got a diploma on sewing. But never after that did she get any prospect to continue with her passion. After many years of waiting, finally an opportunity came her way and she got another chance of reviving her skill by joining Bring Smile’s skill development program. This was an opportune moment for her and she delivered her best. She became the topper of her batch and Bring Smile rewarded her efforts by gifting her with a sewing machine and a course completion certificate. This brought a new ray of hope in her life. Thereon, she started her own tailoring work shop.
Her newly acquired skills & enthusiasm got her to increase her family income two-folds. Not only is her husband supportive and proud of her independence, she is also able to accomplish her dream to educate her two daughters, and see them succeed.
It’s not just the skill, but the mind-set change that helps Razia achieve her goals and follows her passion.
“Thank You Bring Smile to making me confident and self independent.”
*Please note we have changed Razia’s name and photo to protect her identity.
Story of Razia
Manager
My name is Isha, I was 13 years old when I first heard of Bring Smile. My father sadly had an accident which stopped her from being able to work, leaving my mother to try to care for the 8 of us. She started selling cow dung cakes to support the family. I even had to make money and used to stitch shoes (I was given 2 rupees per pair that I made). Everyone in the neighborhood used to bully me for being so thing from lack of food. They would never even call me by my birth name. I heard that name for the first time in so long when I became involved in Bring Smile.
I was so shy and scared at first, it took them a month of counseling me and talking with my family before I finally dared to attend the Contact Point. Contact Point is a special school that Bring Smile runs on the streets for children like me. I started to learn language skills and even math. I couldn’t believe it – even though I had never been to school before, here I was learning.
Bring Smile NFE helped me to catch up so that I wouldn’t be bullied at school for being too far behind. It also taught me life skills, so as a result I stopped using tobacco because it harms my health. They even helped me to visit a police station and learn about my child rights, something I would have been too afraid to do before.
After a year of attending the NFE I was able to start school in class 4. It was very scary at first but right now I’m in class 7 and top of my class! I’m also the district president of Ara, the Street and Working Children’s Federation with its members. The scared girl with no name is now an educated leader in her community.
“I am lucky. Thanks to Bring Smile for approaching and enrolling me in a “Shikshalaya” the NFE for Bring Smile”
Story of Isha
Manager