13 year old Sarita is studying in grade 7. After almost 8 months school has started and she is now back to school. Her favorite subject is English because she loves learning new languages. She really wants to have higher education and she believes that with good opportunity of education will provide good job in her future and she will be able to help her family. Including herself there are 7 members in the family. After having to leave their permanent resident, they moved to Chitwan in search of better life as many others do. They do not own any land and living in rented house and they also rent the land for farming. They grow crops and vegetables and sell. This is the only source of income in the family. Her elder brother got married and has one daughter who still lives with them. It’s very hard for her parents to take care of all family members with good life style.

They live in a rented house which has only three rooms. They have a small toilet outside the house. Like most of the people around there they also do not have refrigerator which would be very useful especially during hot season. They even do not have fans for getting cool air when they feel extreme hot during the summer.

School’s name: Devjyoti Basic School Number of family members: Parents and 4 children