Shabnam, Pooja, Krishna, Priyanka and Sapna are not just learning to enjoy the rice dishes but also the sprawling campus of the Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) in the IT city of Bangalore.
All these PPES girls secured a trainee spot at NTTF by passing the entrance tests. In three years, these girls will become trained professionals in electronics and will be working in jobs that pay them high dividends.
These three years will be more than just training to get a well paying job. It will be also about living in a new city, eating different food, making new friends and passing all that onto their families and PPES friends.
In Priyanka's own words, I am not at all anxious of going so far from home. My parents have a high hope from me. I am so happy that I will be studying in one of the biggest training schools. Once my training completes, I will not just support my family but my school too?
I dream of becoming a NURSE
Only if dreams were so hard to chase that they never turned true. Neetu Tomar is a 23 year old girl from a village Karanpur. She is one of the first PPES graduates. She is also the first in her family to have been to a school. Since childhood, Neetu wanted to become a nurse. This desire got her working at the school's health department. Business Community Foundation introduced PPES to The Sambhav Foundation that is supporting Neetu's decision by sponsoring her Nursing training.
PPES thanks the foundation for turning Neetu's dream to reality. Neetu tells us that she will be the first nurse from her village of about 3000 families. Her empowerment may be mistaken as rebellion by some as she refuses to get married off and talks of breaking the convention by having her younger brother married first.
