Child’s Name: Biraj Chhetri
Mother’s
Name: Binita (Paaru) Tamang Chhetri
Father’s Name: Rajkumar Chhetri
Introduction
As
told by Paaru,
I (Paaru) am now 21 years old. I got married
when I was 16. Because of several problems in my house I was unable to attend
school when I was young. I can’t even recognize any different shapes of
different alphabets! Even in this age of information I am living the life a
complete illiterate! I became a mother by the age of 18, i.e., my son Biraj
came to this world. By the time my son was 6 months old, my husband left me,
because of which I became a helpless woman in this Kathmandu
city. In this expensive city, where you cannot even expect drinking water
without having the ability to pay, the harsh behavior of this society towards a
helpless and destitute woman like me frustrated me so much that I lost the
sight of all directions in my life. I spent my days begging for help from
whoever I had known in the city. Then one day I asked myself, “How long will I
be able to survive like this?” Thus I decided to struggle on my own. After
searching for a while I got a job of a domestic helper in some homes with the help
of a sister I knew. This finally made my life a little some bit easier.
As time passed by I finally got a job that paid me
a little bit, i.e, around Rs. 3000-3500 ($40 - $45 ) per month, and even in
that job, I get paid based on the days that I go for work. On days that I am
absent I don’t get paid. In this expensive city what could I do with that much
money? Pay rent? Pay for food? Then how could I pay for my child’s education?
From somewhere I heard about this organization
called ‘Mission Education Nepal’, which provides funds and scholarships for
children of desperate parents like me. After I heard about it, I met some
members of the organization and told them about my misery. After hearing my
story, they decided to help my son Biraj, and they immediately admitted my son
in a local school. These days, my son wears his uniform and goes to school,
just like other children; it’s a dream come true! Because of a good
organization my son is able to go to school. Thanks to that organization,
because of which my son is not going to be declined from the light of
education. Thanks to those brothers, who understood my hardships and took me to
this organization. And thanks to those brothers, who opened such an
organization, because of which even poor and orphans kids have been given the
opportunity to see the light of education!