Vidya: Changing Values, Changing Lives
Twenty eight-year-old Vidya of Keesara village, Nalagonda district, Andhra Pradesh, says, “I have three sisters and a brother. While he studied in an English medium school, we girls studied in a school where the language of instruction was Telugu. After I became involved with the campaign, I took home many of the communication materials of the campaign, especially the kit. My parents looked at them and listened to my comments attentively. They expressed regret for not having given us girls the same education and allowing us to achieve the same level of independence and empowerment. It is difficult to retrace our steps now but I am confident that our parents will support our decisions in the future and other parents in our village will begin to treat boys and girls in the same manner from this moment onwards.”

