My name is Pushpa Punita Marandi, CH Id - 290326 from subproject Chakai. MY father's name is Remi Marandi and mother's name is Sarita Murmu. I have one sister Sunita and two brothers Subham and Sumit. My schooling started at the age of 4 from Sacred Heart Middle School, Chakai. The school was 4km away from my village and I enjoyed walking to the school on an unpaved road along with my elder sister Sunita.

I loved going to school but I did not have nice clothes to wear to the school. We did not have proper meals and I would fall sick every now and then. My parents were very much worried about me and they were even thinking about discontinuing my schooling. I got CFCA sponsorship on 7th June 2001 when I was in class 2 and then I began to study in Carmel Balika Bhawan boarding. All my needs like food, uniform, school fees and education materials were fulfilled through CFCA sponsorship. Life was unfamiliar in the hostel. I was homesick. Slowly I made friends there and activities like sports, dancing, and singing and drawing kept me engaged and helped me to enjoy my stay in the boarding. I completed Matriculation in the year 2012 then completed Intermediate with Commerce stream in the year 2014 from Rama Devi Mahila Bajla College, Deoghar and completed B. Com in 2018. Then I pursued ITI course from 2018-2020 and after that I took admission in D. El. Ed. Course in the session 2020-22. I will join teaching profession after I complete the course successfully. My family & I are grateful to CFCA / Unbound program for supporting us in our time of needs. I completed my studies successfully with the help of sponsorship fund. I am very much thankful to CFCA / Unbound.