Reg. 906/2004

Impact stories

Voices from the villages we walk in.

Named stories from coaching rooms, fields, self-help groups, and health camps across Andhra Pradesh.

Ramya, 22

Kadapa district

PARD's free coaching became my second home. I cleared UPSC Prelims on my first attempt.

— Ramya, 22, Kadapa district

Venkatesh, 28

Anantapur

I own a spraying drone now. Sixty acres a day. My father's field feeds our whole hamlet.

— Venkatesh, 28, Anantapur

Lakshmi Devi, 41

Chittoor

Our Self-Help Group runs a sanitary-napkin unit. Fourteen women. Zero debt.

— Lakshmi Devi, 41, Chittoor

Master Arjun, 11

Nellore rural

Sir taught me how to code. I made a small game about my grandmother's cow.

— Master Arjun, 11, Nellore rural

Padma, 34

Proddatur

Our tailoring unit stitched forty thousand school uniforms this year. My daughter now studies in one of them.

— Padma, 34, Proddatur

Sri Rama Rao, 62

Chittoor rural

The eye camp reached my house. Two hours later, I could see the pattern on my wife's sari again.

— Sri Rama Rao, 62, Chittoor rural

Divya, 19

Kadapa Academy

PARD gave me a room, a light, a warden and a library. My rank last year was 87.

— Divya, 19, Kadapa Academy

Kalyan, 24

Anantapur

I sprayed 42 acres before lunch. In the old days, that would have taken us four days and eight labourers.

— Kalyan, 24, Anantapur

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