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NGO to fund tribal girl’s education

Prayers answered: P. Nagalakshmi receiving the requisite forms from an e-NGO representative at The Hindu office in Hyderabad on Saturday.

HYDERABAD: Whenever she opened her textbooks, she did it with a burning ambition of becoming an engineer. And the crowning glory came when Pittla Nagalaxmi, a primitive tribal girl of Kammampalli village in Karimnagar district, cleared the EAMCET examinations and got admission in Bhojireddy Engineering College here.

A news story in The Hindu on August 26 filed from Karimnagar by K.M. Dayashankar showcased her plight and there was overwhelming response from NGOs and individuals with offers to fund her education. The girl’s parents Devamma and Pochaiah, agricultural labourers accepted the offer of a former IPS officer Ch. Koteswara Rao from Share A Service, an NGO working for the needy.

Dr. Rao said Krishnakriti Foundation offered complete assistance for the girl through her four-and-a half-year study, including admission and tuition tees, hostel accommodation and living expenses. However, enquiries with officials revealed that the Government would reimburse tuition and hostel fees as she was a tribal girl.

The girl, accompanied by her parents, personally received the offer at the newspaper’s office.

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