Success Stories

Jashoda hails from Nishana village in the Dangs, Gujarat. Even though was desirous of going to college, was married forcefully to a boy younger than the prescribed age for marriage under the law. This child marriage compelled Jashoda to drop her studies in 2017-2018 despite financial support from Swapath Trust and AIF. It was a sad moment for all when Jarshoda returned her cheque explaining that her husband and in-laws did not want her to study further. Jashoda’s counselling and support from Swapath team continued, which resulted in Jashoda making up her mind to abandon her child marriage and join studies. She has now joined a primary teacher’s training course (PTC) at Vansda. She is being supported both financially and by constant guidance to shape her future. The holistic family-oriented approach and financial support of Swapath Trust resulted in Jashoda taking a reverse turn from a very negative experience in life to a journey on a self-determined path of her choice.

Namrata is cute little girl from a migrant family in Keshnabdh. Her father migrates regularly for most part of the year to cities in south Gujarat for casual labour work. The mother stays back in the village looking after Namrata and her brother. When Namrata first joined the LRC at the Keshbandh School managed by Swapath, this grade III student did not even know reading or writing. The LEP method of the LRC and the affectionate teaching of Ms. Vandana Gamit, started showing result.Namrata has been an enthusiastic participant in all LRC activities. She started learning rapidly and has been quickly making up for the past deficiencies. A comparison of her baseline and midline assessment clearly reflected that her language skills improved by 32% while she progressed in Maths by a whopping 66% A persistent and well thought out plan of teaching does certainly bring about positive changes of which Namrata is a shining example.