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Girl scores 84.8% inspite of working 5 jobs as domestic help

Shalini started helping her mother when her father was paralysed after falling off a building over a decade ago.

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She searches for opportunities amidst difficulties and is not overwhelmed by pain and misery. That's 17-year-old Shalini, who helps her mother as a domestic help in five houses, while juggling studies, and scored 84.8% in science stream in second PUC (Pre-University or 12th) board exams.

"I search for opportunities amidst difficulties. I am not overwhelmed by the onslaught of pain and misery," Shalini said. Life has not been easy for the girl. "From the past seven years, I have been helping my mother in five houses while juggling my studies," she said.

Shalini said she started helping her mother after her father was paralysed after falling off a building over a decade ago. "There was no other option for me but to help my mother in her chores because my father fell off a building and was paralysed. He is bed-ridden for over a decade," she said.

Then, just before the second PUC exam, her brother was diagnosed with third stage blood cancer. "I aimed for scoring marks in the range of 90 to 95%, but could not. I had to attend to my brother, who is hospitalised for having diagnosed with third stage blood cancer," she said. 

"She never gave an impression of the hardships she faced. She is an extremely hardworking girl," SGPTA PU College Principal Prathap Naidu said.

Barnita Mondal in another such success story, and has been an inspiration for students by securing 95% in the PCMB stream. Being an auto driver, her father faced financial challenges but did everything to cater to the academic needs of her daughter.

"My father faced financial challenges but he fulfilled all that I desired, academically. That way I am not facing any financial problem from past two years as Samruddhi Trust has taken care of that," she said.

Shalini wants to study electronics and become successful and make her parents proud. "I also want to give something back to Samruddhi Trust and want to help poor students," she said.

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