Sarada helped

Sarada comes from a village located South of Chennai in the interiors of the State of Tamilnadu. She is disabled and finds it difficult to move around her house. With great difficulty her parents have pooled in much of their resources and have sent her to school and she managed to come up to the 10^th when they gave up due to lack of funds.

Confined to her house, in a village with a population of about 1500, she is unable to stand the loneliness and the prospect of a bleak future. Unable to study in a school nor able to take on any work due to lack of skills and opportunities Sarada slipped into depression. Her parents try to talk to her but this is of no help and the condition worsens. Life becomes unbearable.

In a couple of months Sarada who is unable to study, go out to play or get herself a job hears of a computer centre in the city of Chennai which provides free training for disabled girls and to make it even better she would get a place to stay and food for the six months she has to stay in Chennai for the training. She talks to her parents and enrolls.

In the next batch at the centre Sarada registers and her training on computers commences. To Sarada everything is a new experience, Chennai a metropolis with a population of over 8 million, the vehicles, the traffic, the lights so different from a sleepy village which has 2 streets and no street lights, no cinema halls and only one resident has a car. It takes her 2 weeks to come to terms with her new surroundings.

The next six months at the centre is heaven for her, she has made friends with the other girls, she is now able to talk as an equal with other people and participates in discussions. Her time at the computer centre not only teaches her new skills but also develops her personality and opens hitherto unknown opportunities for her.

Then comes the sad day, the day when the training is over and Sarada finds that she does not want to go back home. She does not want to go back to a home where there no people who will treat her as an equal, a home where even a smile is difficult, happiness is difficult, though her parents her not to blame they will never be able to duplicate the experience she had at the centre.

Luckily at the graduation ceremony her prayers are answered, a business person interviews a few of the girls and then shows her willingness to offer three of them jobs in her factory. Sarada’s life has changed and today she is a dedicated worker and is now confident of her future.

What made this possible was the Chip Ross computer Centre at Andhra Mahila Sabha sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chennai Kilpauk.

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