Anjali Rani Devi, teacher at the Rebeka Habib Girls High School at Tulsighat in Gaibandha says, “Our school has 20 teachers; five of us have already become Change Makers and more teachers are keen to do so. In my class, I noticed one of my students to be withdrawn and sad. She often looked extremely distressed. I took her aside one day and gently questioned her. She broke down and told me she was unable to focus on her studies as her parents were squabbling all the time. I spoke to her about the campaign and in turn asked her to speak to her parents. I was accosted the next day by her angry father. He was indignant that I had spoken to his daughter about their ‘personal’ matters. But I stopped his outbursts by telling him that there was nothing personal about domestic violence. I informed him that it was affecting his daughter’s studies. By this time he had calmed down. I then told him about the campaign and importance of a safe home for his wife and child. He actually thanked me after that and my student tells me that there are no ugly scenes at home now. All I can say is that on my part I educated a student’s parent on the negative fallouts of domestic violence and it worked.”