Billo Hiwrale was in Class XI, when she learnt her family was not going to support her education any further. Despite being harassed, she continued to study, till the time she left her home and settled in Ulhasnagar in 2008. Since then, she is living on money she collects from begging at toll plazas.

Hiwrale is a transgender, who harboured a simple dream-to receive an education. Over a decade on, the dream is finally becoming a reality. Sindhu Education Society along with Kinnar Asmita, an NGO working for the welfare of transgenders in Ulhasnagar, has joined hands with Vanya Foundation to educate members of the community. In a recent gathering attended by more than 120 transgenders from Ulhasnagar, many had expressed their wish to study further and have a respectable job, instead of begging for alms.