Raju now prefers reading to playing in the fields

Thank you for ensuring that Raju and 29 other children like him are enrolled in Pratham’s Read India program for a year.

Nine year old Raju from Punjab lost his father at age two. His mother has had to struggle a lot to bring up her three children including Raju who has a speech defect. His mother enrolled him to a nearby school but he soon lost interest and would spend time at the fields playing with his friends. Raju came to Pratham last year and could barely read letters. Six months with Pratham and he can now read paragraphs fluently. Raju’s mother’s financial condition is no better but she now has some hope that her son will surely make it big one day.

Your donations will ensure that Raju and 29 other children like him are enrolled in Pratham’s Read India program where they are provided need-based instruction in reading, writing and basic arithmetic to bring them to the literacy levels expected of children their age.

Thank you, for doing your bit to ensure that ‘every child in India is in school and doing well‘.