Vasavya Mahila Mandali

 VMM: Providing a Better Future One day, the president of Vasavya Mahila Mandali (VMM), got a call from a lady. Her name was Jyotiamma; an illiterate and married woman. She told Dr.Keerthi that her niece Shweta, was only 15. She was studying in 8th standard. Her father passed away, so she moved to her grandmother's place. During the lockdown, Shweta's mother quietly got her married to her maternal uncle ( Shweta's mother's brother). He was a 40 year old man. He was also handicapped. Jyotiamma finished her tale. She got her niece counseled by Dr.Keerthi in VMM through tele-counseling. Dr.Keerthi asked for her mother's number and the counselor spoke to her mother, but her mother was such a liar that she denied the truth. She said Shweta's not married. So the Counselor and Dr.Keerthi approached the Village Level Panchayat President and gathered Village Volunteers and Anganwadi teachers and spoke to them about Shweta's case. Dr. Keerthi also contacted Child Welf...

VMM: Be the Heroine of your life, not the Victim!  Chinky(22), was a girl with high dreams. She completed her Polytechnic and immediately got a job in a reputed firm in Hyderabad. She joined the job. She did the job for 6 months, but after that her parents brought a marriage proposal for her, but she didn't want to marry. She had high hopes, she wanted to achieve more. She refused her parents for the marriage but they forced her. She shared her thoughts with her elder sister, but her sister also couldn't help her. Her parents arranged a marriage for her and she got married in the lockdown period. After 10 days of her marriage, she ran away. Everybody (her parents and her in-laws)was searching for her. Her parents traced her and found her at the bus stop. They convinced her and sent her back to her husband's home, but she was not at all interested. After 5 days, she again eloped and decided to travel to Vijayawada as she thought her parents won't be able to find her ther...