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The centre opened in a spare room of the anganwadi. Ritu came because her younger brother was enrolled, and stayed because the tutor asked her to read aloud. A year later she receives a scholarship of ₹6,000 and a bicycle. She wants to sit the nursing entrance. We will still be here when she does.
Lata was 28 weeks pregnant and had not seen a doctor. Blood pressure was high. She was referred the same afternoon. The baby is well. The camp cost less than a single emergency admission.
The self-help group sells to two kirana chains in Jaipur. Average monthly income per member: ₹4,800. The first loan was repaid in eleven months. No one asked a husband to countersign.