Plan India Sponsor a Child Education

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Plan India Sponsor a Child Education

• At seventeen years of age, Jennifer is a young,
  vibrant, ambitious young girl living in
  Mangolpuri, Delhi. When she was sixteen she was
  suffering from anaemia.
• Jennifer lives with her parents, four sisters and
  one brother in Delhi. Her father works as a
  tailor while her mother is a housewife. She tells
  us, her favourite subject is history and she
  likes listening to music, hanging out with her
  friends and spending time at the Health
  Information Clinic (HIC) run by Plan India in her
  community under the Young Health Programme (YHP).
• Initially, she was a shy unambitious girl, afraid
  and scared to talk to others and did not give
  much thought to her health, particularly, her
  eating habits. Then one day, she heard about the
  HIC from a friend. Jennifer learned about the
  trainings provided at the centre, along with
  information on health, cleanliness, etc. Hearing
  about this got her excited and so she joined the
  HIC. While there, she attended peer educator
  training, poster making classes, took part in
  anti-tobacco rallies and other engaging
  activities. But all was not well.

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• Jennifer was suffering from health issues. She
  used to eat 1-2 rotis (homemade bread) a day
  without any meals in between. She was later
  diagnosed with anaemia (a low amount of red blood
  cells in the body) and became weak, barely being
  able to leave her home or go to school. Lonely
  and struggling to come to terms with her ailment,
  Jennifer was beginning to become isolated from
  the outside world. She stopped attending the YHP
  and very rarely would meet her friends. Her
  parents and siblings were growing more and more
  concerned about her as the days went by.
• It was her association with YHP that helped her
  fight back against her illness.
• When the YHP staff heard about Jennifers
  condition, they immediately intervened and had
  her admitted to a hospital. On admission, she
  underwent a blood transfusion operation. The
  operation successful and over time, Jennifer was
  able to regain her health and get back to full
  fitness.

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• For a young girl like Jennifer to go through such
  an ordeal was certainly scary. This experience
  not only made her healthier but braver. She
  continues to visit the HIC regularly and take
  part in the various activities. She even shares
  all her knowledge with her family and friends and
  has encouraged her sisters to join the YHP as
  well.
• Speaking about her ambitions, Jennifer says she
  would like to be a teacher one day and with the
  support of her family, she will definitely
  succeed in her ambitions. She tells us, I never
  really cared about my health earlier. But since
  then, I have become more aware. Even my mother is
  more conscious about mine and my whole familys
  health and well-being now.

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