Summary
This project empowers 1000 adolescent girls in rural Amritsar rural areas 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 required support to girls during Covid-19, impacting 10,000+ adolescent girls.

Every year about 584 girls drop out of school in Amritsar due to early and forced marriages and lack of basic needs such as sanitary pads 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; candle making jute bags  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+