The Promise of a Better Tomorrow

The lost look on Baskanya’s face speaks volumes about the struggles that have been her lot in life.

Frustrated by the birth of girls, her mother named her Baskanya meaning “enough girls”. She received a cold welcome into this world.

But Baskanya does not have time to ponder over the misfortune of her birth.

She has to complete the household chores and look after her siblings while her parents and older siblings graze the neighbour’s cattle.

Baskanya has dreams for her future—dreams she knows may never come true . In her dreams, she recalls the three years she was in school. She sees herself telling her “two tames tables”!

“I had to stop my studies then after the children came along,” she says, pointing to the younger ones, oblivious to the fact that she too is still a child….

“She was good at studies,” says her mother. “But when we don’t have enough to eat, how will I send her to school?”With their meager income, Baskanya's parents cannot make her dreams come true.

Given her circumstances, chances are that Baskanya too will grow up like her mother and older sister, who got married at twelve—under-nourished, illiterate, and bearing one child after the other.

But YOU can step in and make a difference! Be the one to rewrite a child’s life! Sponsor a child like Baskanya with World Vision India and change the life of a needy child. Begin a life-changing relationship and set a child free from the bondage of poverty.

Child Sponsorship is a unique relationship between you and a deserving child. It works on the simple yet powerful principle that the best way to change the life of a needy child is to change the world in which he/she lives.

Your sponsorship gift of Rs. 600/- every month ensures that the child goes to school and has access to good health. The child’s parents also receive assistance through income generation schemes.

You could be the one to give them a second chance at life!

Source: http://www.worldvision.in/?Story_of_Baskanya