The Road to School – How SEENCH turns hidden barriers into practical, human-centred solutions

A child may not leave school because she lacks ambition, but because the road to the next classroom is too far and unsafe. Through SEENCH’s work in tribal villages of Raigad, this field essay explores the hidden barriers beneath visible social problems, from school transport to menstrual health and youth employability. It asks a deceptively simple question: what changes when compassion begins by noticing the real obstruction?