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The flood came without warning. In no time, the water was neck deep.

0ne of my son passed away when he was three. His departure was without any noise, but I cried in the corner.

"I walk 3 hours to and from school everyday. I go home and eat some corn and help with the household. After 9, I go to do my homework and a bit of reading. But by the time I am already tired. So I...

"Father was a poor farmer. I remember on my way to school I would ask for sweets but he could not afford it. And I used to be really sad. So, I give discounts to kids who are short of money....

"I taught the same group of children for 4 years, but now their class teacher is someone else. They are in the 4th grade now. I know each and every one of them by their names and behaviours. And my...

"I had to cross three rivers to reach school. And mind you, my dear brother, these rivers had no bridges. Come May and it was impossible to go to school. And when my sisters got married, it became my...

"I do not order my student to clean the classroom, I clean it myself and when they see that, they come and help me. And sometimes, when I walk in the morning, the room is already clean."...

"Human heart tells you different things. It will tell you to do something while at other times telling you not to. Strange thing this human heart. This heart betrayed me when I was the age of a young...

"I have sold chickens all my life. I have lost count of how many and with it I have also lost count of my age. I feel like I am as old as the sun."#elevateddreams in collaboration with Trek To Teach.

"I walked without shoes all my childhood. Father wore a shoe that was shredded on all sides and because I wanted to feel the shoes in my feet, I wore it when father was not. But I had to come to...

"Do not go by my looks. I have many hundred thousands in money. It is just that sometimes I get bored and wander the neighbouring villages selling my cucumbers." (Dhampus, Kaski) #elevateddreams in...

(2/2) "It took me a few years to move on from the hurt. One day, I took a deep breath and decided I was not going to waste my life and become what mother wanted me to be. I decided that I was going...

(1/2) "I was among one of the very few girls in my village who went to school. It was only because father disagreed with mother who argued that daughters belonged inside the house. Because father...

"This is the third time I will be going to the foreign for work. But it is not sure. It will depend on whether I will be able to collect money. Last time I went to Malaysia, they told me my status...

"If I become a teacher, I will increase playtime and decrease classroom time. And if some teacher shouts at a student, I will make him kneel down. But only for 2 minutes."_x000D_ #elevateddreams in...

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ (3/3) “Even though I left home for a better life, I took away the memories of my mother, the life she led in silence and the way she had died. Raising three brothers had...