IDRF Annual Report 2013 vol 1 | Page 7

Childhood is a fiction for children in Malda District. By age 12, girls are married off or even sold to men from far-off states. Their impoverished parents, once child laborers themselves, rarely see the value of education. TOGETHER we are BREAKING the intergenerational cycle of POVERTY But thanks to donors like you, that mindset is changing. In 2013, IDRF completed a new building for a primary school run by our partner Economic Rural Development Society. Parents are rushing to enroll their children. Together, we are breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty. “Now [parents] can ascertain the value of education and what they have missed... they don’t ݅