Puspha's Story | "Despite these adversities, I am not hopeless, but I am studying hard because I am determined to become a nurse and take care of the poor"

I am from Kavre and I am now twelve years old. I have my father, mother and three brothers in my family and I am the only daughter. I am studying in Bindabasini Primary School in grade 5. I feel myself so lucky because of the support I have been receiving from NYOF/FNC. If I hadn't got support … going to school would have been a dream to me because my economic condition is so poor. Earlier, I studied the non formal education in Bishweswor Pratik from where I shifted to this school.

I am from a very poor family and our economic condition is very miserable. The roof of our house is made up of straw. During rainy season the rain water leaks from the roof and is also vulnerable to the wind in Chaitra as well. My father has no job and we have a very small plot of land. The cultivation from that land is insufficient for us even to feed ourselves. We even don't have enough blankets to protect ourselves from the winter. My only cloth is the school uniform provided by NYOF/FNC. This year, my father was planning to repair the house but we don't have enough money for that. We have tamed one pig, one goat and two cows only.

My aim in life is to become a Nurse. That is why I have been studying so hard. But my father scolds me when he gets drunk. He even beats my mother. Last time she had to be taken to hospital because of my father's physical torture. Despite these adversities, I am not hopeless, but I am studying hard because I am determined to become a nurse and take care of the poor.

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