How this Canada-based non-profit is changing the lives of girls in the Thar desert
In Ugras village in Rajasthan, in the Thar desert that forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan, Gita’s days were spent helping her mother collect water by walking for hours in the scorching heat. The long walks and lack of drinking water often caused Gita and her siblings to suffer from stomach aches and heat stroke. Being able to attend school remained a distant dream.
