Sujata Devi is a resident of our target village, Godhari, in Darbhanga, Bihar. She is a housewife and a mother of one daughter and two sons. Her husband works as a daily laborer in a grocery shop, earning a meager income of ₹130 per day. Due to this low income, her financial status was very […]
Harvesting Hope: How Multi-Cropping and Fodder Grass Transformed Jodhpur’s Farmers
In the arid landscapes of Palapura village in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, seasonal farming was long limited to single, low-yield harvests. However, through the Discipleship Centre’s Livelihood Program, traditional farming patterns are undergoing a remarkable transformation. Hologram, a local farmer, experienced this shift firsthand. Following field bunding interventions, his land successfully retained essential rainwater moisture and topsoil […]
A Journey of Hope: Ritika’s Story
At Discipleship Centre, Child Development Centre (DC-CDC), our mission is to transform lives through education, care, and guidance. Ritika’s journey is a shining example of what happens when potential meets opportunity. Ritika from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh joined the DC’s Project Centre when she was just six years old, at a time when financial hardship made […]
From a Kalyanpuri Slum to Federal Bank General Manager: How Hope and Higher Education Changed Ajay’s Life
Growing up in the Kalyanpuri slum of Delhi, Ajay Kumar faced an uphill battle. With an environment fraught with daily challenges and a home life strained by his father’s alcoholism, the path forward seemed uncertain. Yet, amidst the hardship, one constant remained: his mother’s unwavering belief in the power of education. She was determined to […]
From School Dropout to Studio Owner: Kulwant’s Story of Transformation
In 2003, Kulwant Singh was living in the Kalyanpuri slum with very few options for his future. Having dropped out of school in the 6th grade, he worked a physically demanding job riding a delivery rickshaw to transport meal packages to local government schools for a catering contractor. In an area where most boys left […]
From Silence to Leadership: How Shiv Kumari Became the Architect of Her Community’s Progress
For years, Shiv Kumari lived a life divided by a secret. Residing in the slum of Kalyanpuri, Delhi, with her husband—a daily wage laborer—and their three daughters, she was an active, deeply caring neighbor. She regularly organized community meetings and walked sick neighbors to local clinics. Yet, behind her confident community spirit lay a hidden […]
From Chalkboards to Cosmetics: How Teena is Shaping Her Own Fut
A House Divided Growing up in the cramped, bustling alleys of Kalyanpuri, young Teena was caught between two completely different worlds. On one side was the harsh reality of her home life. Her father, a daily-wage mason, struggled with severe alcoholism, and her parents, overwhelmed by their daily survival, viewed formal education as an unnecessary […]
From First Letters to Corporate Floors: The 16-Year Journey of Sandeep Kumar
The Blank Page Imagine a five-year-old boy standing at the threshold of a classroom, looking at a blackboard filled with symbols he cannot comprehend. That was Sandeep Kumar when he first walked through the doors of the Discipleship Centre (DC) in Kalyanpuri. He had no knowledge of the alphabet, no concept of basic learning skills, […]
From Doubt to Determination: How Ajay Engineered His Own Rise
The Horizon of Hesitation Growing up in the cramped, bustling lanes of Kalyanpuri, the world can often feel narrow. For the children who call it home, the surrounding hardships act like an invisible ceiling, quietly discouraging them from dreaming beyond their immediate reality. Ajay was no exception. As a young boy, he looked at his […]
From a Kalyanpuri Slum to America: How DC Transformed Neelam’s World
When little Neelam first walked through the doors of the Discipleship Centre (DC) Project in Kalyanpuri as a 4th-grader, she was a bundle of doubts. The atmosphere at the project felt entirely different from the harsh realities of her daily life. However, any anxiety she had quickly melted away under the warm, joyful welcome of […]

