Provide scholarship for 8 bright girls in India

For our last report, we were excited to report about role models -- the news that our scholarship recipients, girls from less advantaged communities in Bangalore, were now becoming role models for others to follow.  Well, these special girls continue to amaze us - because now, they have led their own workshops in a special Festival of Science!! 

Your support has made it possible for a set of very special girls to have the chance to study in university - and without your support, this would not have been possible.  In addition to their successful studies in Engineering, Biology and Physicis, they now wish to be Ambassadors for local communities.  Sindhu, Srilaksmi, Supriya and Sindhu had the chance to share their learning and passion with hundreds of children from all over the Bangalore region.  We are so incredibly proud of all of you!!!  We can't help but think back to just a few years ago when you were all so shy and just learning english - and now you are teaching others!! 

Plus - this special opportunity was the collaboration between both our education partners in India -- the scholarship girls from Nele participated in this Festival of Science by Parikrma - the students had the chance to meet one another!!

And... several kilometers away but also in India, greenlight for girls has now launched activities in GOA!!!  Over an amazing weekend, we held events in both North and South Goa reaching more than 250 children from a variety of schools, education systems and orphanages.  With the help of some incredible role models in the region & special guests who travelled from California and Brussels to support this endeavour, these girls had a special day just for them in which they could build their skills and interests in science, technology, engineering and math.  This first event was just a beginning and we aim to continue these events as well as see how our scholarship program can help more girls in this region.

PLUS -- we are also exploring the regions of Rajasthan and Calcutta for our next scholarship girls!!!

Links:

• We launched in Goa India!!

We started out with a dream... could we figure out how to create university scholarships to those who needed it most?  And so it began -- first in Bangalore with 8 special students. 

These 8 girls have surpassed our expectations.  They are now role models in their communities -- not only excelling in their studies but also now reaching out out to local schools to inspire learning science, math, engineering and technology  - to those who need it most.

In the past weeks, our scholarship students have created opportunities to reach out to their local schools to encourage science learning - and we wish to continue to encourage them - so we have some big events in the midst for the months ahead.  One of girls, Sindhu, has begun teaching school children in her community about physics and science - her passions.  Another of our scholarship girls, Srilaksmi, has just finished her first internship at an amazing company in Bangalore learning practical skills to become an engineer, her dream.

With our scholarship girls, we now gear up to our next big events in India!

In January, greenlight for girls will be holding our first g4g day in Goa - bringing together 200 school kids from local schools for a day just for them, full of workshops and learning about science.  On the same trip, we will be visiting our community centre in Rajisthan where we are providing 31 girls education stipends to encourage them them to continue their school studies up to high school and we hope, beyond.  Finally, we end in Bangalore, the home of our 8 original scholarship girls, where we are planning our first g4g@work project to invite local school girls to one of our corporate partnerships to introduce them to a future workplace!

Thank you everyone for your continue support of our scholarship initiatives -- you are making it possible for these girls to become future engineers and scientists - and to change the community around them.

Links:

• greenlight for girls website