When you educate a woman, you educate her whole family #WomensDay

Last year, on this day, the school has started for grannies in Phangane village, Maharashtra.

Just while surfing on the internet I came across this wonderful article about Women’s Day and it makes me curious to know and write about it as it really amazes me.

Yogendra Bangar, 41, is the founder of the school.

He started this school by telling them that he will teach them about Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Life.

“It is said that women have to be respected on Women’s Day, so we thought that our grandmothers, who until now have not received respect, shall finally get the respect they deserve,” he says.

Some of their reactions:

“We have books now but we can’t really read because we can’t even see properly because of our age.

“When we die and go to God and he asks us ‘What have you done in your life?’ we will tell him that we didn’t do much but we went to school and at least learned to sign our own name.

“I enjoy coming to school. It makes the day worthwhile.”

The school’s 30-year-old teacher Sheetal More, works for free. Her mother-in-law is one of her students.

Though they are not yet fully literate and it’s hard to remember what they have been taught, they can sign their names instead of use a thumbprint — a big step.

On International Women’s Day 2017, the women will mark their one-year anniversary with celebrations.

As they say, When you educate a woman, you educate her whole family

Original Article : bbc