Kolkata Teacher Builds School Network in Sundarbans for First-Generation Learners

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A teacher from Kolkata launched an educational initiative to bring schooling to children living in the remote Sundarbans islands. She established a school that eventually grew to serve hundreds of students across the region. The organization weathered significant setbacks, including a cyclone and the COVID-19 pandemic, yet continued to expand. New learning centers were set up on multiple islands to extend the program's reach. Today, the initiative provides quality education to many children who are the first in their families to receive formal schooling.

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