Dharshini is 12 years old and lives in Tamil Nadu, India. When her parents separated and abandoned the children, her grandmother began to look after Dharshini and her sister. As the grandmother is illiterate and had to struggle to make a living herself, she asked for support to enable her granddaughter to get an education at an English-speaking school. There are many children like Dharshini who come from families with single mothers or are being raised as orphans by grandparents or close relatives who do not have sufficient means of subsistence themselves.
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