Vemula Ankamma, mother of Sandhya Rani, 13, outside Sandhya’s classroom located in a small rural village in Andhra Pradesh in southern India. The sole breadwinner for her family, Ankamma works as a day labourer picking chillies and cotton in the nearby fields earning just between 100 and 200 rupees (£1 – £2) per day.

Vemula Ankamma, mother of Sandhya Rani, 13, outside Sandhya’s classroom located in a small rural village in Andhra Pradesh in southern India. The sole breadwinner for her family, Ankamma works as a day labourer picking chillies and cotton in the nearby fields earning just between 100 and 200 rupees (£1 – £2) per day.