Help Educate Girls in India
About
We believe in equal education & when women are educated, their whole community benefits. Wher we work, uneducated women & girls are targets for sex traffickers & ruthless opportunists yet, 10 years after India's Right to Education Act guaranteed education for all up to 10 std, 30% of girls have never set foot in a classroom. Our schools play a vital role in encouraging & supporting girls to complete 12 std & enroll in higher education, providing them knowledge, self-belief & hope.
Need
In our state, 75,000 are missing school, only 47% of girls start & just 2% complete 10 std. Girls are missing due to supporting their families, child marriage & pregnancy, lack of menstrual hygiene & boys education taking priority. COVID has closed all schools & colleges & Malala Fund predicts that 20 million girls will never return to the classroom. By continuing their education & keeping in contact through online classes we are ensuring that this is not the case for the girls we support.
Long term impact
In the slums where we operate there is 100% school attendance which means no child labour or marriage, & our girls have achieved a 400% increase in A & B grades. Our English school has also achieved a 100% pass rate in 10 std. Recruiting Malala peer mentors has helped raise awareness of the challenges girls face & promote equality in education. This gives them financial independence, choice & security which ultimately helps in breaking the devastating cycles of poverty & exploitation.
About the Organization
"Every child & woman has the right to lead a life, free from discrimination, inequality and exploitation. This is the key to our nation building" Dr Girish Kulkarni founder of Snehalaya. Snehalaya means 'Home of Love' and its just that for many marginalised women and children in Maharashtra, India, who have no one else to turn to. The goal is simple to combat poverty and exploitation of all people adversely affected by the commercial sex industry in India. To strive for the basic human rights of its clients through offering pathfinding and practical support methods. To continue to provide rescue, shelter and care for their vulnerable clients to find their way to a better empowered life. Snehalaya also is dedicated to giving support and operating without any religious or political agenda.
GlobalGiving Categories:
- Gender Equality
- Education
- Ending Human Trafficking
- Justice and Human Rights
- Ending Abuse
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Remaining Goal
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