Om
Prakash is a 12 year old
boy who was working as Agricultural
Labourer in Ananda Pura,
Rajsthan. His family consisted
of 9 members. He looks young
and rather small for his
age, and his skin is dark
from constant exposure to
the sun. He spoke casually
about his life style, at
times smiling in amusement
as he recounted some events
in his life.
Omprakash
had been working for his
employer for 7 years. He
would be occasionally punished
physically by his employer
if he committed any mistake
in his work. He slept in
the verandah. He was only
given two meals, if something
was special in the employer
house, he was not allowed
to participate. Always his
employer abused like "
You are the low grade people
even if you should not touch
us".
One
day our Field Activist R.P.Verma
came to know about him and
brought him to Mukti Ashram
for rehabilitation. In Mukti
Ashram he got vocational
training in tailoring. He
improved day by day and
today he is a successful
tailor.
Looking
back he resolves never to
repeat his past mistakes.
He also released some children
from different fields and
give them training at his
own shop. According to Omprakash
" It will be better
to release the children
and give training here (in
his shop)". He tells
I will never engage in my
old vice, referring to his
substance abuse. He is rebuilding
his life.