Here is a story of overcoming incredible odds. Shweta Katti had all the odds stacked against her. Being a female, growing up in a third world country, and coming from a poor family can be enough of an insurmountable challenge to condemn you to a life of poverty and insignificance. But Shweta had even more going against her. She was sexually abused by her step-father when young and she grew up in the red-light area of Mumbai. This is one of the many “hell hole” spots of the world where human behavior is at its most depraved, and where hope and light are the most distant. But Shweta has managed to overcome all this and has been accepted in Bard College in the US and has been given full tuition scholarship! Shweta dreams of becoming a psychologist so that she can work with the girls from the area she grew up in, to help them overcome the odds as she did.
Related:
Global Giving’s page on Shweta Katti where you can donate funds for her living expenses.
Kranti’s Web Site. This is one of the organization that helped Shweta break the odds.