Summary
This project empowers 1000 adolescent girls in rural,
Amritsar who can otherwise drop out of school, to be resilient and
continue learning during and post Covid-19 crisis. It trains rural
adolescent girls in life skills and making their own sanitary pads. It
also provides mentorship support to 60 school teachers on
gender-sensitive pedagogy and sensitisation to 1,000+ parents and
community members about the requiredu support to girls during
Covid-19, impacting 10,000+ adolescent girls.
$50,000
total goal
$50,000
remaining
Every year about 584 girls drop out of school in Amritsar rural
area due to early and forced marriages and lack of basic needs such as
sanitary pads or they are illiterate according to UNESCO. As schools
closed, due to Covid-19, girls in poor families continue to be
vulnerable as men take advantage to provide sanitary pads in exchange
for sex. Daily, one girl gets pregnant and or is forced into marriage.
This project will empower 658 adolescent girls with life skills and
making sanitary pads while impacting 5000+ others.
Solution
This project trains 658 rural adolescent girls in
making sanitary pads; provides training on life skills to boost their
agency and power to navigate the gender-based challenges in their
communities and schools. It provides training to 60 teachers within
school communities on gender-sensitive pedagogy and wellbeing as they
support students' learning during and post Covid-19. It also provides
sensitisation for 600+ parents impacting 5,000+ adolescent girls.
Long-Term Impact
This project empowers 658 girls in making
sanitary pads and life skills allowing them to navigate life
situations and challenges, realise their full potential, completing
education which is key to lifting them and their families out of the
vicious cycle of poverty. It also provides mentorship support to 60
school teachers on gender-sensitive pedagogy and sensitisation to 600+
parents and community members about the required support to girls
during Covid-19, impacting 5,000+ adolescent girls.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional
documentation in a PDF file
