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to bring my children along with me. pretext that persons are not from their

There the teachers came to know comminity cooking who are cooking
everything about the pathetic condition Midday Meal.
and pleaded me to think about twice
about my children before taking such

extreme step. I said “I am helpless”.
They convinced me to go back to my

home. They came to my husband and
persuaded him in all possible ways and
seperate the consequences how bad it

would be if their child is dropped out of
the school in the middle of the year. It is

a great relief to me to say that My
husband respected their words and
surprisingly convinced by their
counselling. Now he is completely

transformed man. And my daughter
Lavanya is studying Inter 1st Year in

Minority Residential College at
Hyderabad.

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The social disparities are frequently The school also takes care of
seen in many rural areas despite the fact personal hygiene of the students. Every

that the governments are taking lot of Saturday is a occasion for personal
measures to brush them aside. hygiene day. The school alarms about the

To reduce the gap between cleanliness of the hands everyday and a

community and school, school teacher and day is fixed for the trimming of nails not
HM attended functions, took part in their only for the child but also to the whole

festivals. They had food with them, they members of the household! On every
spent time with them, they mingled with Saturday, to every house of our school

them , they shared with them. This made a habitation, the "mission of trimming of
lot of impression on the community who nails" go sincerely. The child of the

come forward to join their wards who were household reminds every member of his
earlier stayed away from the school on the house about the removal of their nails.

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