LEADer Sharnamma of Godutai Degree College, Gulbarga, identified 7 students from a slum area who had dropped out of school.  She desperately wanted to help them go back to school, but they were so far behind in their subjects that it would be nearly impossible for them to enroll again without some extra help.  Sharnamma initially started her project with the intention to teach them basic school subjects over the course of a few weeks.  She was teaching the students daily for four hours, with six hour classes on Mondays.  Within a few days, the number of students increased from seven to 12 students between 5th to 9th standard.  Sharnamma has extended her classes and has now been teaching the students for the past two months. The students have improved significantly; they can now read and write their names, but there is still a lot of work to be done to get them ready to go back to school, and Sharnamma will continue the project until the students are ready.