Veronica’s father has mental health problems and is mostly absent in the lives of his two wives and eleven children. Since her mother moved far away for work, Veronica and her other siblings live with their father’s second wife who supports the children by collecting and selling firewood in Monduli. However, she struggles to pay for expenses such as school fees. Veronica hopes to be able to finish secondary school and set a good example for her younger brother, who has just started at Orkeeswa in Pre-Form One.

Ajay Yadav is a very sharp minded boy. He really likes solving maths problems. He likes reading books to explore more facts. He lives with his 2 siblings in his house along with his grandmother. His aspiration is to be an engineer.

Saloni wants to be a home science teacher because she likes cooking, stitching, and embroidery work.

Prabhudayal is a fun loving kid. He has 6 siblings in his house and someday hopes to become a teacher.

Eline’s family works hard on their subsistence farm to make ends meet, but often lack the additional resources to pay for school fees. Eline has two siblings: a younger brother and an older sister. While attending secondary school in Form IV, Eline’s sister became pregnant. Eline’s family supported her through the pregnancy and now, Eline’s sister is back attending secondary school. Eline and her siblings are very thankful that their family supports their education despite obstacles. Eline is very close with her family and hopes to create a new future for them through her secondary education.

Pammi is an active student. She participates in every activity. She helps her classmates in studies. She wants to become a teacher. Her hobby is reading Hindi books, especially motivational stories.

Vishal is an athletic boy. He works hard both in studies and playing games. He likes playing games with his friends. He lives with his 4 siblings along with his grandparents. Someday, Vishal hopes to become a police officer.

Roopa enjoys playing badminton and football. She loves crafts and reading Hindi stories. Someday she hopes to become a fashion designer and she is learning to stitch in vocational training.

Sereti’s parents are both subsistence farmers — cultivating crops and raising livestock. Sereti helps her family on their farm during the weekend. Her father has three wives and many children. Sereti is the youngest of five, having one brother and three sisters. None of Sereti’s other siblings were given the opportunity to go to secondary school. Instead, they were all married immediately after finishing primary school. Sereti hopes to be able to contribute to her family and make them proud by becoming the first in her family to complete secondary school.

Subhi's hobbies are to visit new places and playing kho-kho. She likes sports. She participated in sports competition in kho-kho competition. She is the eldest of her five siblings. She wants to be a teacher.

Since Ngirunga’s father died many years ago, his mother has supported her four children by herself. Ngirunga now lives with his mother who is a subsistence farmer, his younger sister who is in primary school, and his two older brothers. His older brothers did not have the opportunity to go to secondary school and now work at home on the family farm. Ngirunga hopes to be able to receive a quality education so that he can give back to his family and ensure that his sister also goes to secondary school.

Hello, I am Nidhi and I enjoy coming to school. I am lucky that my parents support me in my studies. My hobbies are playing cricket, football and listening music. Someday I want to be a tailor.

Deepak is a student who one day hopes to become a doctor. He loves his math class in school and when he's not in class he enjoys playing cricket.

The one quality that defines Jagdeesh is that he is extremely hard working. Not very strong financially, he wanted to earn his own fees to pay for the school, until we put him on scholarship, thanks to TSF support. He is very regular to school. He participates actively in all outdoor games including kabbaddi, kho-kho, cricket and football. He took part in the school play and represented his house in athletics and Kabbadi. When he is finished school he'd like to become a police officer