“Help, please help! Your younger sister was cooking food by herself”, shouting by the uneasy neighbour who went inside the class to call up the eldest sister.
The eldest sister was 10 years old and attending class in one of our Goducate centers, learning how to read and write. The youngest sister, 5 years old, had been left alone in the house after attending the first period class.
When she went home, she felt very hungry because of not having breakfast earlier so she decided to cook. “She is good in opening the gasoline tank”, said the uneasy neighbour. When she saw the girl cooking through a window, she is very concerned what might happen – “I tried to open the door of their house but it was locked so I kept knocking but the girl don’t want to open it because she’s afraid of me but still the gas tank was open, I was worried it might be the cause of fire!”.
So the eldest sister hurriedly went home and was able to stop the youngest sister. She cooked the food for her sister and went back to the center to learn but this time she brought along her sister who was full now in stomach. “Thanks for the fast response of the concerned mother who lives nearby”, said one neighbor.
I wondered and asked “where are the parents of these two girls?” One mother who was our teacher in our center answered me; these two girls are left by their father who was working in a construction site to earn extra money not just for food but also for the release of his wife who was in jail. In spite of the risks; parents are still willing to let their children go to the center to learn just like the father of these two girls. So our teachers was giving their best also to double their time to educate the children with love so that whatever may happen; these children were able to survive the challenges of life.