12 Year Old Teacher
(Bharti Kumari. Photo Source: Times Online)
Today we give you a Fab Female! Read and be amazed!
Bharti Kumari is a 12-yr old girl in India who lives in a tiny village named Kusumbhara, she was abandoned at a railroad station in Bahir as an infant and adopted by a family of farmhands in the Kusumbhara village. Bharti goes to school every day from 10am to 3pm that is located 2 miles away, for which she has to walk the whooole way. Whatever she learns at school, she comes back to her village sits under a mango tree and teaches around 50 children, from the ages of 4 and 10, what’s she’s learned. Mostly she teaches them Hindu, English and Math. At such a young age, she teaches other kids things that they would otherwise never learn because they are unable to get an education. Most of the children living in these poorer areas either have no school nearby, or they have to work to help out their parents. Yup, while you were learning how to ride a bike, they were working to get something to eat.
India’s new “Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act” targets about 3.6 billion in mullah to try to make education free for all children and it just took effect. Hopefully, the changes can be seen soon, since there’s around 10 million kids without any education in India as of now. The future is looking a little bit brighter for them, especially with the help of girls such as Bharti Kumari who’s big heart and wisdom has made her own little make-shift school and already educated some young eager minds. Take that government! Beaten to the punch by a girl 
To read the whole article you can go to Times Online
Is this little lady awesome or what? I mean hot dang! What’cha think of this powerhouse female? What do you do to make your community a better place? Big or small, every little help counts! 
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Susana/Susy
April 25, 2010Wow this little girl is seriously amazing the fact that she goes to school & comes back eager to help right away no questions asked is amazing, she takes the time to help other kids in need she is their very own superhero that is just..wow very touching
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To answer your question: In my community I like to help as much as I can there aren’t a lot of programs you can get into here though which kind of sucks but I volunteer at an animal shelter & we do fundraisers not just for animals but also for those in need. I know I may not do a whole lot but like you said I would like to think even the small things count
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Thanks for sharing this amazing story with all of us.