“You don’t need computer training,” Radha’s dad snapped. “Anyway, we are going to get you married off next year.”
“But nowadays, girls have careers, too,” pleaded the 17-year-old. “Everybody that’s educated knows how to use a computer. It’s the only way to get a good job.”
The thin father finished wrapping his turban, picked up his lunch tin, and headed out for another day of manual labor that would barely provide enough rice for another meal. “Just be glad that I managed to send you to school to learn to read and write,” quipped the father. “How do you think I could ever afford to send you to one of those expensive institutes?”
The door slammed behind him, and Radha wiped a tear from her cheek.
But now, Radha’s dream will come true.
WIN is opening our second computer institute, and boys and girls like Radha, who could never begin to afford the big urban institutions, will be boosted out of the vicious cycle of systemic poverty. At the same time, they will be exposed to the love of Christ.
Even larger than our first center, up to 400 students a year will receive government-certified computer certificates, and despite offering low fees, our centers, once established, are completely self-sustaining and need no ongoing support from outside.
We celebrate the heroic perseverance and wisdom of our native leaders who, despite a great deal of persecution, have brought this vision to its moment of launch.
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