Jagadheeshwari
Jagadheeshwari is a 12-year-old girl from Ambativalasa. Her sister Gayathir is 9 years old. These two girls live with their parents and their grandmother. Her father is a hairdresser. He earns Rs.300-500 a day. He has a very small salon. Her mother has multiple nodules all over her body – a condition called as neurofibromatosis and as a result she could not get any work.
In September 2022, their house collapsed due to heavy rains. Now they are staying in a rented house paying rent of 1500 rupees a month.
Jagadheeshwari was enrolled into Spoorthi in 2019 when she was in 4th grade. Now she is in 7th grade. Her school is 4 km away from home and she goes by bus daily. She came 2nd in the whole school in the essay writing competition. Her class teacher invited her mother and congratulated her in front of all the teachers and students on January 26th, 2023. Also, Jagadheeshwari received 1000 rupees as prize money. It was an unforgettable moment in her life. She proudly says that the reason behind her every success is the Spoorthi tutors.
She is very keen to participate in quizzes, elocution and essay writing competitions. With the help of her schoolteachers and tutors at Spoorthi, she gathers the information required for these competitions. Her hobby is to read stories from the Bible and her goal is to become a Telugu professor.
