Mothers Care
Mother's Care Overview
Mother’s Care is basically a project geared to focus children who need to be sustained in the path of education by providing books, uniforms, shoes, stationery etc. or financial assistance for school fee payment. This is in fact one up in the ladder of child’s development. Mother’s Care retains children in classrooms. It gives them a hope to complete their studies up to pre- university level. Today there are more than 1322 children in different parts of India, being covered under this project.
Impact and Success
Chandni’s father irons clothes for a living. With his small earning he can only manage to provide the minimum requirement for living and hence it was not possible for him to support Chandni’s education. But it was because of the scholarship provided by BREAD NOIDA Chandni is finally able to realize her dream of pursuing her studies. As Chandni states, “The scholarship is a hope for me & my family because this is the only support by which I can complete my studies”. Mother’s Care scholarship through BREAD has enabled Chandni and her mother to dream big like other young, spirited and extremely talented girls from slum clusters by getting a scholarship to complete their schooling under Mother’s Care programme.
Impact And Success
Shafika has been with mother’s care since 6 years and is in 12th right now. Her father is a rickshaw puller and has to feed a family of five, in a situation where survival becomes the priority, education takes a back seat. She was the only girl child in the family which became a reason for her parents to not send her to school. When asked about her journey with mother care she said “mother’s care has provided me with right to education”, back when I was 9-year-old, I used sit in the veranda of my house and see my 4 brothers going to school, hoping for the when I will join them and “now look at me I going to pass out of school next year” said with her eyes filled with tears. The support is more significant as being a girl child and not having enough opportunities for education. Thanks to the Mother’s care Programme that protected and gifted the child with her rights.
