Student Success 2021

Many of our students are doing well and studying well, nevertheless, one student who
stands out this quarter is Aarti. She is 15 years old and is registered in Grade 10.

In May 2020, she witnessed the rickshaw accident that killed her father. Her mother was also
severely injured; the doctors could not operate on her fractured leg and as a result she can
no longer work. All of a sudden, Aarti’s hope of studying and having a bright career
shattered. Keeping regular touch with her family members in the village, One! International
convinced them to allow her to travel back to Mumbai where she is kindly sheltered at her
uncle’s house. Thankfully able to put aside this tragedy, she is studying and enjoying time
while being surrounded by friends. It has only been a month but she is showing great
progress. After almost two years without studying nor reading, she has started almost from
scratch and is catching up fast. Her favourite subjects are math and science. She finds
English and Hindi more challenging. When she returned from village, she had never used a
tablet or seen Google Classroom before. She caught on within days and is learning her full
course load on-line under teacher supervision.
As she needed a job to pay for travelling fees to come to school, she was given a part-time
job at school. She is taking her job very seriously. Her tasks vary depending on the days but
mostly she looks after the Pre-Step children, teaches the primary group classes, serves
meals, etc.; and she does everything with a smile.