CHENNAI: Whole of Thursday (April 18) Pamela* and Roopa* have been anxiously waiting for their elegance 12 TN Board effects.
"I was more nervous because I had not performed well in accountancy," said Pamela.
Finally, when the results have been declared, the two women could not include their pleasure and pleasure. They went round telling everybody, "We did it," said Roopa. She scored a 64% while Pamela scored a 71%.
"Nobody can understand how much clearing this examination means to us. It was our ticket to a new life and future," she said.
Roopa and Pamela have been rescued via the Chennai Child Welfare Committee, a few years ago, after each their folks died. Roopa was once round 8 years old when she was once found begging at the streets, with an injured hand. While Pamela was once some of the 15 women who have been rescued from being trafficked from an unlicensed house run via an American in Chennai to Andhra Pradesh, 8 years ago.
"My parents gave me away, else I wouldn't have landed there," said Pamela. Pamela was once the eighth child of her folks, who lived in a small village close to Arakkonam. She and her elder sister, got away to the American, proper after her delivery. "I don't remember them at all. And I don't like to talk about them," she said.
Roopa then again had a unmarried mom, who was once suffering to make ends meet. "One day," as she remembers, "My brother had injured his foot and there was no money to take him to the hospital. My mother turned to me and said that I should go stand in the road and beg for it. I was all of 5 years of age," she says. Since then begging had grow to be a role for the two siblings. "While some were kind most were abusive. We hated it, but mother forced us and said that was the only way we could eat," she said.
Three years later, Roopa and her brother have been rescued and despatched from one youngsters's house to another. Today Roopa in conjunction with Pamela lives at the Madras Christian Council of Social Service in Perambur, while her brother lives in another house. "I hope I would be able to get my own apartment and look after him," she said.
Both the ladies have prime objectives. Pamela adamantly wants to pursue B.A. English from Women's Christian College while Roopa wants to enrol at the Madras School of Social Work.
"But we are both committed to serve the society. We'll work hard so we reach a position where we can help the less privileged," said Pamela.
(*names in the reproduction have been changed to offer protection to the identity of the kids)
"I was more nervous because I had not performed well in accountancy," said Pamela.
Finally, when the results have been declared, the two women could not include their pleasure and pleasure. They went round telling everybody, "We did it," said Roopa. She scored a 64% while Pamela scored a 71%.
"Nobody can understand how much clearing this examination means to us. It was our ticket to a new life and future," she said.
Roopa and Pamela have been rescued via the Chennai Child Welfare Committee, a few years ago, after each their folks died. Roopa was once round 8 years old when she was once found begging at the streets, with an injured hand. While Pamela was once some of the 15 women who have been rescued from being trafficked from an unlicensed house run via an American in Chennai to Andhra Pradesh, 8 years ago.
"My parents gave me away, else I wouldn't have landed there," said Pamela. Pamela was once the eighth child of her folks, who lived in a small village close to Arakkonam. She and her elder sister, got away to the American, proper after her delivery. "I don't remember them at all. And I don't like to talk about them," she said.
Roopa then again had a unmarried mom, who was once suffering to make ends meet. "One day," as she remembers, "My brother had injured his foot and there was no money to take him to the hospital. My mother turned to me and said that I should go stand in the road and beg for it. I was all of 5 years of age," she says. Since then begging had grow to be a role for the two siblings. "While some were kind most were abusive. We hated it, but mother forced us and said that was the only way we could eat," she said.
Three years later, Roopa and her brother have been rescued and despatched from one youngsters's house to another. Today Roopa in conjunction with Pamela lives at the Madras Christian Council of Social Service in Perambur, while her brother lives in another house. "I hope I would be able to get my own apartment and look after him," she said.
Both the ladies have prime objectives. Pamela adamantly wants to pursue B.A. English from Women's Christian College while Roopa wants to enrol at the Madras School of Social Work.
"But we are both committed to serve the society. We'll work hard so we reach a position where we can help the less privileged," said Pamela.
(*names in the reproduction have been changed to offer protection to the identity of the kids)
TN Board Result 2019: Braving odds to fare in class 12 exams
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