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This 11-Year Old Used Her Pocket Money To Build Toilets

This 11-year-old built toilet using her pocket money

Mondrita Chatterjee from Jamshedpur is unlike a regular 11-year-old. When she got to know that girls of her age quit schools and sit at home as there are no toilets in their schools, she decided to do something about it. Mondrita put together every penny she could, including the money that she could have splurged during festivals like Durga Puja, just to build toilets for those deprived of this basic right.

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11 year old built toilet using her pocket money

In 2014, while hearing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, I found out that many girls in India on daily basis are leaving their studies as they don’t have toilets in schools. That’s when I decided, I will help them out, says Mondrita Chatterjee, a class 5 student from Hill Top school of Jamshedpur.

11 year old built toilet using her pocket money

Mondrita in little over a year saved Rs 24,000 and built two toilets in Kendradhi village. This effort of hers benefitted some 350 people. Until then, this entire village never had a toilet, and everyone used to defecate in the open. Now, fate of this village is changing slowly, thanks to Mondrita’s Swachh efforts.

11 year old built toilet using her pocket money

Suddenly, Mondrita started asking for more and more money from us. We got curious and asked her one fine day, why she needs so much money suddenly, that’s when we discovered she has been saving for few months now, just to give people what they need the most – a toilet, said Amitabh Chatterjee, father of Mondrita.

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Not only did she build toilets but she also went to the village every week to raise awareness about hygiene and why it is important to use a toilet. Currently, Mondrita and her parents plan to save more money to help the less fortunate people.

We have identified one more village, named Halubani in Jamshedpur, our plan remains the same – to make toilets. It’s no more our daughter’s mission alone, it is ours too. When we see such positive response to our good deeds, we feel more motivated, added Amitabh Chatterjee.

Mondrita was recently felicitated by the state government and was awarded ‘Sanitation Champion’ certificate in recognition for her contribution to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign.
District commissioner Amit Kumar of Jamshedpur said that he will make Mondrita the brand ambassador of Swachh Bharat campaign in their area.

Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims to transform India into clean India, but it needs everyone to make an effort. “If a 11 year old can do it, so can you! I request everyone to come out and help make India swachh,” concludes Mr Chatterjee.

5 Comments

5 Comments

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    January 3, 2017 at 12:10 pm

    Nice gesture
    But the amount of cess being collected is huge as a % of a $2 trillion dollar economy.
    Where is all this money going to?
    The government cannot continue to give excuses
    Next what? We need some to donate the toilets and someone to work free
    Then shy collect the cess
    Why not employ people to do this and create employment and little children like this focus on their studies.

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