Ever since Sanbi and Riya were born, their parents have wanted them to receive a quality education and bring honor to their family, but their village in rural India does not have any schools and most people work for and survive on less than $2 per day. Both Rakesh and Guria have to work as day laborers to provide for Sanbi and Riya and their other 2 children.

With no government-funded education available in their village, they were at a loss as to how their children would receive the education they so longed for them to have. Rakesh shared, “I’ve always desired to send my children to a mission school. When I heard there was a new school that had started in the next village over, I went that day to talk to the teachers to ask if I could enroll my children.”

This school, in Marocha, near their village, is a mission school where children are not only taught a formal education but are also given character education. “Before, my children were shy and would run away when they met new people. Now, they greet others with a handshake and say hello.” They have improved in their behavior and their posture, and their parents are proud.

“When my children return home from school I see them working on what they have learned that day and they want to succeed. This encourages me greatly. I want to see my children highly educated and to stand on their own feet and bring honor to our family.”

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