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few months ago, when volunteers THE HARD REALITY
of a partner organization of CRY CRY and its partner organiza-
approached her and requested tion recently conducted a base-
her to take remedial classes for line study, the results of which
children in the village. She was mirror the ground reality in this
educated and qualified enough region. Lives and livelihoods
for the role, they told her. Having in these impoverished villages
doomed herself to a mundane revolve around the sharp, rocky,
life of hopelessness, she refused barren dunes of the mica fields.
immediately and even avoided Trudging for miles through muddy
beyond the dhibra, where they can tracks, collecting mica scrap from
leaf through books and play with 7.7-30am to 5pm come rain or
toys, instead of going into muddy shine, and selling them to dealers
mounds looking for shiny scrap. for a meager Rs 200 (per family) –
DAY BREAK IN AN IMPOVER- there, done that. Growing up, meeting them the next day. She hours pass into days and days into
ISHED VILLAGE IN TISRI BLOCK she used to dream of becoming was scared that her in-laws would months. A lifetime goes by. So it
IN GIRIDIH, JHARKHAND. a teacher. Despite insurmount has been for generations. Children
21-year-old Savita (name changed) able hardships and pressure from throw her out if she refused to join are enrolled in schools, but they do
hurries through her early morning family, she studied till Class X and them in dhibra collection. But the not attend classes. Their hands are
chores, brimming with enthusiasm volunteers convinced her that the
and anticipation. She has started cleared her board exams. Married ‘job’ would help her earn, on her cut and bruised, they often develop
taking remedial classes in the after- off soon after, the young girl had own, more than what her family breathing problems and can hardly
noon for children in her village and is no option but to give up on her earns by selling mica scrap. The
enjoying her new role as a teacher. dream. Her days were spent in
It gives her immense joy and fulfill- collecting and sorting dhibra with 21-year-old made a difficult choice,
ment to interact with and teach and was surprised when her family
children, most of who do not know her in-laws and her evenings in consented. Today Savita spends
about or have never seen a world rigorous household chores, and two hours every afternoon with 30
beyond the ‘shiny’ mica pellets. attending to her alcoholic husband. children, teaching them maths and
in a progressive and positive way.
A DREAM COME TRUE language, talking to them about the
The barren dunes of dhibra (mica) Savita was busy sorting importance of going to school and
on the periphery of the closed through shiny pellets in the encouraging them to dream. She
mica mines - Savita has been scorching sun one morning a wants to lead them towards a world
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