Published Date: 09 December, 2021
Deepak was a ragpicker , when we use to open our centre early morning 9 am , he would be on his way back from rag picking from the roads as his working hours was early morning. With those dark brown eyes he use to stop at our gate and look inside the kids coming in and settling down. It took us 2 months to bring him inside the school. Initially when he started coming to school he would bring his bag full of rags keep at the entrance and then walk in. Due to lack of proper waste management in our country , his hands use to bleed almost thrice a week as 80% of us thrown glass bottles, plastic bottle, paper , card board and along in the same bin anything which is broken. These are further dumped on the road sides. The kids so called “Ragpickers” then pick out stuff from this garbage that they can sell further and earn their living. Deepak being one of them.
The eyes had that passion to study, his family pressure made him pick the rags but for 1 year he/ we managed both together. After a year he was completely with us as he was a bright hard working child and his family was counselled regularly. Another 1 year his growth was tremendous and within 2 years he was in a state where we though he can be enrolled in a proper school. Today he is going to a private school and in Class 3 and we hope he becomes a police officer that’s what his dream his !!