Now I Have Courage

[Kaushalya Sumedh Agre]

Before coming in contact with Avani Sanstha, all I did was play and study at school, but since joining Avani's children's club, I have learned how to talk to people and how to behave. In school, we boys and girls did not sit together, did not talk, but now we sit together, play, tell each other if something is wrong, and understand each other. In school, we only studied, but by joining the activities of the Avani Sanstha, we are learning how to dream and how to strive to fulfill them. Also, earlier, our family members or school teachers did not ask us what we wanted or felt, but the Dada and Didi of Avani Sanstha ask us and take initiatives accordingly. That makes us feel excited. We have gained the courage to speak up and express our opinions. We had never been go to a Gram Panchayat before, we had the opportunity to sit on a chair there only because of AVANI. After sitting in gram panchayat chair, I came to know how the work is done there, I have now gained the courage to speak with the Sarpanch and Gram Sevak. Now we are in process to fulfil our dream for our clean village for this we arrange door to door awareness and because of this I had a new experience other than study.