Pasti ki Masti, an initiative of the TOI lends a helping hand for the helpless.
Tisha, an eighth standard girl, from Asarwa Vishwavidyalaya, lives in a Bardolpura chawl. She is a bright student and scored 87% in her first term exams. She wants to become a police officer. The family lives in a rented room at Bardolpura. Her father is a construction worker and earns about Rs 3,000 a month. Her mother supports the family by doing stitching work at home. Her brother is in the second year of ITI. This year, the family had trouble arranging Tisha’s school fees. They had earlier taken loans from private moneylenders. TOI Times Foundation used the Pasti ki Masti funds to pay her pending fees of Rs 5,000.
Vidhi is an eighth grader at a Hindi medium school in Bapunagar. She is so passionate about her education that even after two heart surgeries she longs to become a teacher when she grows up. She now seeks some extra coaching in a few subjects. She is not bothered about another surgery in the coming months. Her father is disabled and works at a tea stall to eke out a living earning barely Rs 100 a day. She lives in a small house with her parents and two siblings Karan, 16, and Yuvraj, 6. Her mother Poonam works at an incense stick unit and earns Rs 1,200 a month. Because of Vidhi’s expensive medical requirements, the family can’t afford her extra coaching. Pasti ki Masti contributedRs 1,200, has led her to join a coaching class.
Chandrakala was a bright student in primary school. She dreamt of becoming a doctor when she was just 8 years old. Her life was shattered when her father died of tuberculosis, as she was barely in her teens. One decade later, after completing her first year B.Com, she wanted to complete her graduation and do pursue a B.Ed. She now wants to be a teacher and help her mother with the chores.Her mother suffers from hypertension and struggles to make a living rolling bidis at a nearby unit.She earns about Rs 1,000 a month. Chandrakala’s brother is 19 years old and works as a casual labourer. For several months it was very difficult for the family to pay Chandrakala’s college fees and she had almost decided to drop a year. TOI-Times Foundation supported her paying her first year college fees from the Pasti ki Masti contributions.
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