With a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration and experience teaching Gender Empowerment, Indian and Western Political Thought and Goan Politics at Goa University and at two other leading colleges in Goa, Shilpa was well prepared to take over as Coordinator of 10 HoPE Centers in Goa,...
Mayur, a 7th-grade boy from Goa, belongs to a very poor family. His father remains unemployed and is an alcoholic. His mother does seasonal labor for very low wages. Some older village boys used to send Mayur to buy alcohol and tobacco. Two forcefully made him to drink until he became addicted to...
Sarala came to Girlstown when we started in 2005. Her single-income family of six relied solely on her father’s ‘cooly’ or day-labourer income of 1000 Rupees per month (approximately $20 US). Sarala’s chances of being freed from the cycle of poverty were slim, especially being a girl and the...