Anita is another eight-year-old child who is under the care of the Foundation. Her father is mentally handicapped and is confined to the house. He has no income and the entire family survives in less than one dollar a day. Her house is one small mud hut - four walls with a small mud stove to cook their meals. Like other houses in the village, Anita’s house is a small mud hut with no electricity and no water and no toilet facilities.

Anita attends third grade in a village school partly sponsored by the Hope is Life Foundation. Her dream is to become an engineer. She likes reading and writing. She loves short story books. Her daily routine is to help her mother carry water from a public well and sweep the mud hut before she goes to school in the morning.

Prinyanka is an eight-year old young girl whose dream is to become a teacher. She also lives in Katavali with her father and mother. Her father is a daily-wage worker and earns barely a dollar a day. Both the parents are illiterate and determined to send their only daughter to school. Along with Priyanka, seven other students are under the care of Hope is Life Foundation. I visit Priyanka and her family to encourage her to stay in school. She loves to read. Hope is Life Foundation has opened a library in her school from the books donated by the friends in Fairport, New York.

Priyanka’s bed is a small piece of old thick blanket in the corner of their hut. Every morning she walks to a public well nearly a mile away to bring water for the household needs.