While India is marching ahead toward world domination some are being left behind.Ironically,the ones who are getting left behind are the ones belonging to the class of society which is driving it. CIMS wishes to address this problem.We have approached the families (mostly low-income families) living around the school to send their children to CIMS. At CIMS ,we believe, education is a great leveler.It is heartening to know that most of the parents we have approached share our belief. This is a humble beginning that would need the help of society as whole to thrive.
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The girl with no boots.The girl in the centre is Harshida Khatun.She belongs to a family of rag-pickers.She herself approached the school to get admission.Such was her guilt when she approached the school that she broke down into tears while doing so.Seeing her in battered clothes CIMS provided her with some decent clothes to wear.She still comes to school bare foot.Her family's abject poverty has made her so timid that she barely speaks(this has earned her the nickname 'howdi' meaning voiceless in odia) but her teachers see promise in her.This ray of hope inspires CIMS to guide such innocent souls out of darkness into the light where their spirit is unfettered..
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Above all odds.This is the family of Laxmidhar Patra. Laxmidhar's father is a rickshaw puller.His father's income is just enough to feed them 3 meals a day.They live under a thatched roof with partial cover of polythene sheet to save them from unpredictable rains the town experiences.Their house is built on a low-lying land and gets inundated with faintest of rain.But Lamidhar's enthusiasm to learn is at a level much higher than his house's.
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God's own.Born in a family which is marginally well-to-do than her classmates. Neha Khatun the daughter of a Maulvi and an extremely camera shy mother,this little girl is hard to contain.Her father being a educated man himself understands the importance of education in a child's developmental process.He actively attends school meetings and shares his valuable opinions.He makes it a point to provide his daughter best possible education within his limited source of income.
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