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Fruit tree training at Ambohimitombo, where the economy is based on making and transporting moonshine. Photo courtesy of Dan & Elizabeth Turk.
Satya Sri’s father, Durgaprasad works as an electrician. Feeding the family of five with his meager income was not an easy thing for him. Neck deep in debt, he tried committing suicide twice.
Satya Sri had only completed her 10th standard when her father suffered from severe jaundice and had to undergo stringent medical treatment. When food and medical expense were a struggle, Satya Sri’s educational expenses were beyond their ability.
Considering their situation, Satya Sri believed that there was no other way except to give up her education and earn to support the family. At this crucial juncture, staff from World Vision India encouraged her to continue her studies. Thanks to people like you, her educational fees were paid. She made her family and everyone who believed in her proud, when she scored 90% in her Intermediate Board Exams. She also received several awards and prizes.
The World Vision India staff also counseled her father to overcome depression.
Today, Satya Sri has received admission into an engineering college in Visakhapatnam. World Vision India is providing her with financial assistance for her higher education. From a place of hopelessness, Satya Sri now marches towards a promising future.
Girls in the hilly terrain of Guwahati find it difficult to go to school as they have to travel long distances from home. Monsoon worsens their plight. Several hours are wasted in travelling to and from school. As a result, school dropout rates increased continuously.
18th Street
Last Updated by lisc.chicago on Aug 3, 2009
Our 130-year-old commercial district, from Damen Ave. to Halsted Street, has been the spine of the neighborhood with its host of retail shops, restaurants and historically important buildings.
On 18th Street we have Thalia Hall, built in 1892 by the Bohemians, named after a train station in the German port city of Hamburg (the point of departure for many of the neighborhood’s early immigrants) and once the cultural center for the Bohemian community of Chicago.
Pressure from the Chicago Bohemian Community on Woodrow Wilson (US president) led to the creation of the country of Czechoslovakia after World War I, and much of that pressure came from Thalia Hall and St. Procopius Church across the street.