Tutoring classes for community children have become very effective. One of the TCD committee members is teaching the children, and I am also teaching children English and mathematics. On average, there are 12 children who attend class. Because of this tutoring, the children’s education is better than before.

I followed up with community families to raise awareness about the danger of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, and I taught them to control mosquitoes by sanitizing around the house and garden and destroying areas of standing water. I also encouraged community members to wear clothes that cover their full bodies to be safe from mosquito bites.

I have taught community families to raise their family income sources, and they are doing as well as they can. Lakshman* lives in Luina Village and works as a pastor in Chainpur Village. He has a beautiful family of five, but his life was difficult because of a lack of income sources. After participating in the TCD program, he began to raise goats and keep bees. Through TCD, he and his family learned the lessons of Income Generation and being self-sustaining. The TCD loan project helped him go ahead with the goat and beekeeping. Now, he has a total of 65 goats and 25 beehives. He, his wife, and his son are working to care for the goats and bees. Five years ago, because of money, his son had to stop studying at school. Now one daughter is able to attend college, and the other one is studying in class nine. Now, they can finally afford a good education for their children. Lakshman and his family are doing a good job in TCD, and they have been an inspiration for other community members. He is a community leader, yet he also became self-sustainable. This is a great and successful story for all of us, and he is very thankful to GHNI for the TCD program.

Thank you!